TARGETLAYER

TARGETLAYER

Used in: REQUEST
Servers: Image   Query   Feature   ArcMap
Parent elements: BUFFER

<TARGETLAYER	Attribute Description Table
*id ="string"* > No Child Elements </TARGETLAYER >
Bold: Attribute or child element is required.

Description:

Defines a target layer for selecting features based on a buffer in the same or different layer in the ArcIMS service.

Restrictions:

Must refer to an existing layer ID in the ArcIMS service.

Notes:

None

Attribute Descriptions for TARGETLAYER:

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id	1 Reference to unique layer ID as defined in the ArcIMS service.

Examples for TARGETLAYER:

Example 1: When in a GET_FEATURES request.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<ARCXML version="1.1">
  <REQUEST>
    <GET_FEATURES featurelimit="25" beginrecord="0" outputmode="xml" geometry="FALSE" envelope="true" compact="true">
      <LAYER id="2" /> 
      <SPATIALQUERY subfields="#SHAPE# NAME">
        <BUFFER distance="1" >
          <TARGETLAYER id="4" /> 
          <SPATIALQUERY subfields="NAME" />
        </BUFFER>
        <SPATIALFILTER relation="area_intersection" >
          <ENVELOPE minx="-16154208.3772906" miny="-4165319.9729724" maxx="-4904885.23874079" maxy="4271672.38093997" />
        </SPATIALFILTER>
      </SPATIALQUERY>
    </GET_FEATURES>
  </REQUEST>
</ARCXML>

Example 2: When in a GET_IMAGE request. Note in this example that the DATASET fromlayer is "CITIES". This refers to the LAYER id in the map configuration file, not the LAYER name.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ARCXML version="1.1">
  <REQUEST>
    <GET_IMAGE>
      <PROPERTIES>
        <ENVELOPE minx="867805.08306143" miny="6771243.45626185" maxx="1576642.8482793" maxy="7302871.78017525"/>
      </PROPERTIES>
      <LAYER type="featureclass" name="theBufferTarget" visible="true" id="buffertarget">
        <DATASET fromlayer="CITIES"/>
        <SPATIALQUERY>
          <BUFFER distance="100" bufferunits="miles">
            <TARGETLAYER id="CITIES"/>
          </BUFFER>
          <SPATIALFILTER relation="area_intersection">
            <ENVELOPE minx="867805.08306143" miny="6771243.45626185" maxx="1576642.8482793" maxy="7302871.78017525"/>
          </SPATIALFILTER>
        </SPATIALQUERY>
        <SIMPLERENDERER>
          <SIMPLEMARKERSYMBOL color="255,0,0" />
        </SIMPLERENDERER>
      </LAYER>
      <LAYER type="featureclass" name="theBuffer" visible="true" id="buffer">
        <DATASET fromlayer="CITIES"/>
        <SPATIALQUERY>
          <BUFFER distance="100" bufferunits="miles" />
          <SPATIALFILTER relation="area_intersection">
            <ENVELOPE minx="867805.08306143" miny="6771243.45626185" maxx="1576642.8482793" maxy="7302871.78017525"/>
          </SPATIALFILTER>
        </SPATIALQUERY>
        <SIMPLERENDERER>
          <SIMPLEPOLYGONSYMBOL fillcolor="100,100,100" filltype="solid" filltransparency="0.5" />
        </SIMPLERENDERER>
      </LAYER>
    </GET_IMAGE>
  </REQUEST>
</ARCXML>