Howdy:
I have recently performed experiments with ArcMap 9.2 SP5 and the WFS 1.0.0 output of GeoServer 1.6.4. Usability does not seem very good -- my initial impression is that ESRI has done a lousy job on WFS interoperability, but there is a fair chance that I haven't properly configured ArcMap and/or GeoServer.
Is anyone here actually using this combination of products for production work?
Some of the issues I have encountered with ArcMap/GeoServer WFS include:
- Every ArcMap view change results in a re-fetch of the feature data from the server. This includes simply toggling the visibility of the layer, or going back and forth between Previous Extend and Next Extent. No caching seems to be done, even when ArcMap decides not to put a BBOX filter on its request and fetches all the features from a layer.
- The Select Feature tool can not select WFS features (produces error "This operation failed because the database table does not have a numeric index.")
- The Attribute Table for the WFS layer is empty. And bringing it up results in multiple WFS requests for the entire layer (I think 2 requests per feature in the layer, but that is not conclusive).
Thank you for any insights you can send my way.
Cheers,
Ryan
Hi Ryan,
All the issues you highlighted are resolved in the 9.3beta. As you said,
the problem lies with the poor implementation in ArcGIS rather than
anything Geoserver specific.
It's unfortunately just a case of crossing your fingers and waiting for 9.3
to be deployed. You may want to check out the CarbonArc extension by
CarbonTools in the mean time, this works well but it is more $$
Cheers
Chris
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:22:10 -0700, Ryan Hofschneider
<ryan.hofschneider@anonymised.com> wrote:
Howdy:
I have recently performed experiments with ArcMap 9.2 SP5 and the WFS
1.0.0 output of GeoServer 1.6.4. Usability does not seem very good --
my initial impression is that ESRI has done a lousy job on WFS
interoperability, but there is a fair chance that I haven't properly
configured ArcMap and/or GeoServer.
Is anyone here actually using this combination of products for
production work?
Some of the issues I have encountered with ArcMap/GeoServer WFS include:
- Every ArcMap view change results in a re-fetch of the feature data
from the server. This includes simply toggling the visibility of the
layer, or going back and forth between Previous Extend and Next
Extent. No caching seems to be done, even when ArcMap decides not to
put a BBOX filter on its request and fetches all the features from a
layer.
- The Select Feature tool can not select WFS features (produces error
"This operation failed because the database table does not have a
numeric index.")
- The Attribute Table for the WFS layer is empty. And bringing it up
results in multiple WFS requests for the entire layer (I think 2
requests per feature in the layer, but that is not conclusive).
Thank you for any insights you can send my way.
Cheers,
Ryan
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I have had no success with ArcGIS 9.2 and WFS. It was simply too buggy
to be usable.
I have had very good results with the Feature Manipulation Engine
from Safe Software. FME can both read and write to WFS. Not
surprisingly since they are interoperability specialists. Yes you will
have to pay for it, but it is extremely useful for other things as
well, so well worth the price IMHO. I have used FME to translate WFS
into shape files and then use those in ArcMap. May not fit your
requirements, but you can download FME for a 30 day trial to give it
a spin.
Regards,
Jason
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Ryan Hofschneider
<ryan.hofschneider@anonymised.com> wrote:
Howdy:
I have recently performed experiments with ArcMap 9.2 SP5 and the WFS
1.0.0 output of GeoServer 1.6.4. Usability does not seem very good --
my initial impression is that ESRI has done a lousy job on WFS
interoperability, but there is a fair chance that I haven't properly
configured ArcMap and/or GeoServer.
Is anyone here actually using this combination of products for
production work?
Some of the issues I have encountered with ArcMap/GeoServer WFS include:
- Every ArcMap view change results in a re-fetch of the feature data
from the server. This includes simply toggling the visibility of the
layer, or going back and forth between Previous Extend and Next
Extent. No caching seems to be done, even when ArcMap decides not to
put a BBOX filter on its request and fetches all the features from a
layer.
- The Select Feature tool can not select WFS features (produces error
"This operation failed because the database table does not have a
numeric index.")
- The Attribute Table for the WFS layer is empty. And bringing it up
results in multiple WFS requests for the entire layer (I think 2
requests per feature in the layer, but that is not conclusive).
Thank you for any insights you can send my way.
Cheers,
Ryan
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Jason Pickering wrote:
I have had no success with ArcGIS 9.2 and WFS. It was simply too buggy
to be usable.
I have had very good results with the Feature Manipulation Engine
from Safe Software. FME can both read and write to WFS. Not
surprisingly since they are interoperability specialists. Yes you will
have to pay for it, but it is extremely useful for other things as
well, so well worth the price IMHO. I have used FME to translate WFS
into shape files and then use those in ArcMap.
You know you can ask GeoServer to directly output a shapefile out
of WFS requests right? 
Just specify SHAPE-ZIP as the output format
Cheers
Andrea