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How can I make a legend visible for map layers served from an ESRI ArcIMS map server?

ArcIMS supports the OpenGIS Web Map Server(WMS) 1.0 protocol, enabling the use of WebMap Composer as a cost effective and flexible application builder for ArcIMS.

A WMS provides an XML "capabilities document" with all the information needed to connect to and list the data available from the server.

We show here how to add a "legend" to an ArcIMS capabilities document so WebMap Composer and other WMS clients can use this information.

The capabilities document is generally located at
%ARC_HOME%/ArcIMS/capabilities/MapService.xml

For each data layer you will see reference to the legend gif. You need to change this appropriately (see 'LegendURL' element).

<Layer>
<Name>Topography</Name>
<Title>Base Map</Title>
<SRS>EPSG:4202</SRS>
<LatLonBoundingBox minx="140.5" miny="-37.8125" maxx="157" maxy="-27.6975" />
<DataURL>NONE</DataURL>
<Style>
<Name>default</Name>
<Title>Default</Title>
<LegendURL format="GIF" width="25" height="25">http://www.ourserver.com/legend/images/topography.gif</LegendURL>
</Style>
</Layer>

These changes will be picked up immediately by ArcIMS.

Delete and re-add the layer in your WebMap Composer application view to pick up these changes. Don't forget to save these if you want the next user to get the benefits of this change.

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