Connecting to a WFS service

To work with WFS data, you must install the ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension. After installing the extension, you can use interoperability connections to add WFS features to maps and use them with geoprocessing tools. You can also use conversion tools in the Data Interoperability toolbox to import them to a geodatabase or convert them to GML-SF datasets.

The following steps describe how to connect to a WFS service with an interoperability connection.

Steps

1. In the Catalog window, expand the Interoperability Connections folder.
2. Double-click Add Interoperability Connection.
3. Click the Format browse (ellipsis) button to open FME Reader Gallery.
4. Choose WFS (Web Feature Service) and click OK.
5. Type the URL into the Dataset text box.
6. Click the Parameters button on the Interoperability Connection dialog box, and on the WFS (Web Feature Service) Parameters dialog box, scroll down to the Constraints group box.
7. Click the Feature Types browse (ellipsis) button to load the list from the database.
8. On the Select Feature Types dialog box, check the boxes for the features you want to include in the connection and click OK.
9. Click OK to close the WFS (Web Feature Service) Parameters dialog box.
10. Click OK to close the Interoperability Connection dialog box.