Viewing RAP Data in your GIS

Data in the RAP can be easily imported and visualized in ArcGIS Pro without downloading big datasets. For instance, users can add vegetation cover to a pre-existing project map as a web map tile service (WMTS) using the steps below. If you would like to include RAP data in your GIS analyses or display data with a custom color palette, consider using RAP Cloud Optimized GeoTiffs instead.

URLs:

Vegetation - https://rangelands.app/wmts/vegetationWMTS.xml

Connect to WMTS:

1. In ArcGIS Pro, click the Insert tab to open the Insert tool ribbon. Under Connections, select Server and then “New WMTS Server”.

Type in the URL (listed above) for the desired datasets: You do not need to enter a user or password.

2. Click “OK”.

To add the data to the map:

1. From the Map tool ribbon, click Add Data to open the Add Data dialog box.

2. Under Project > Servers, select the layer to view (e.g. "Perennial forb and grass biomass 2010" or "Herbaceous biomass 2019"), and click “OK”.

3. Layers can be added from the Catalog pane in a similar fashion.