HowTo: Add an ARC/INFO Grid to a map configuration file

Article ID:	25073
Software:	ArcIMS 3.1, 4.0, 4.0.1, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
Platforms:	Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP

Summary

Instructions provided demonstrates how to add an ArcInfo Grid to a map confiugartion file. ArcInfo Grids must be added to map configuration files manually, using a text editor.

Procedure

Create a folder at the C:\ root level called ims_grid.
Download the sample data. Extract the contents of the WinZip file to C:\ims_grid.

This example will not work if the example data are not located in C:\ims_grid.
Open a text editor such as WordPad or Notepad and open grid.axl from C:\ims_grid.

It may be necessary to change 'Files of Type' to 'All Files' in order to see grid.axl.

Add a new IMAGEWORKSPACE element to the map file making sure to include the following required attributes: directory and name. For example:

<WORKSPACES>

<SHAPEWORKSPACE name="shp_ws-0" directory="C:\ims_grid" />

<IMAGEWORKSPACE name="img_ws-0" directory="C:\ims_grid" />

</WORKSPACES>

Add a new LAYER element to the map file making sure to include the following required attributes: name, type, visible and id. For example:
```
<IMAGEWORKSPACE name="img_ws-0" directory="C:\ims_grid" />

</WORKSPACES>

<LAYER type="image" name="Land Use" visible="true" id="landuse" >
```
Refer to the ArcIMS ArcXML Programmer's reference for optional LAYER attributes.

Add a new DATASET element to the map file making sure to include the following required attributes: name, type and workspace. For example:

<IMAGEWORKSPACE name="img_ws-0" directory="C:\ims_grid" />

</WORKSPACES>

<LAYER type="image" name="Land Use" visible="true" id="landuse" >

<DATASET name="landuse" type="image" workspace="img_ws-0" />

Add the closing LAYER element to the map configuration file. For example:

<IMAGEWORKSPACE name="img_ws-0" directory="C:\ims_grid" />

</WORKSPACES>

<LAYER type="image" name="Land Use" visible="true" id="landuse" >

<DATASET name="landuse" type="image" workspace="img_ws-0" />

</LAYER>

Save grid.axl and close the text editor.

Click yes if the prompt appears with the following message: 'You are about to save the document in a Text-Only format, which will remove all formatting. Are you sure you want to do this?'
Using ArcIMS Administrator, create a new map service called grid. For Map File, browse to C:\ims_grid and choose grid.axl. For Virtual Server, choose ImageServer1 and click OK.

If the service fails to add, recheck the previous steps.

Created: 6/12/2003
Last Modified: 9/2/2008