[GIS] Masking WMS (Esri Oceans Basemap) layer in ArcGIS for Desktop

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I would like to display ESRI's Oceans basemap web map service (WMS) in one of my maps, but not the whole layer, just the landmass depicting Canada as I find it a nice fit for the look I'm trying to achieve. Is there any way to mask the features around Canada's landmass in that layer? I tried using the Advanced Drawing feature, but the Oceans basemap layer is not listed, probably because it's a WMS. I am working with ArcGIS 10.2. Are there any suggestions as to how I could do this?

Otherwise, if anyone can suggest a symbolized layer of Canada's landmass (and only containing Canada's landmass) ressembling that depicted on the ESRI Oceans Basemap that I could download or connect to somewhere, I would be grateful.

I could make my own. I tried with a few DEM's and hillshades but didn't get good results.

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I finally found the answer: Yes, you can mask a WMS.

I used the 'Clip to Shape' > 'Outline of Features' and 'Exclude layers' options in the Data Frame Properties. I also used the 'Advanced Drawing' masking feature. Those two options are tricky to use. I learned that: 1) A WMS can be masked by using 'Clip to Shape' but not 'Advanced Drawing'; 2) With respect to 'Advanced Drawing', in order for a layer to mask another, the masking layer must be visible (checked) in the table of content; 3) If you're going to work with these two functions, I recommend to do this one step at a time. Start with 'Advanced Drawing' and once you are satisfied with the results, then set 'Clip to Shape'.

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[GIS] Adding WMS layer (basemap) to ArcGIS Javascript API

When you query a map service end point, the result is one image. That is what ArcGIS will consider as your layer.

From a WMS standpoint, you can generate that image using one or more layer from your WMS Service.

When referring to the doc on https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jsapi/wmslayer-amd.html#wmslayer1, this is what you see at the definition of the constructor: new WMSLayer(url, options?)

In the following example: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jssamples/layers_wmsresourceinfo.html

The following is the info (options parameter)from your WMS Service you choose to display:

  var layer1 = new WMSLayerInfo({
    name: '1',
    title: 'Rivers'
  });
  var layer2 = new WMSLayerInfo({
    name: '2',
    title: 'Cities'
  });
  var resourceInfo = {
    extent: new Extent(-126.40869140625, 31.025390625, -109.66552734375, 41.5283203125, {
      wkid: 4326
    }),
    layerInfos: [layer1, layer2]
  };

Then you use your WMS Service URL and your options to add the view of your WMS endpoint to ArcGIS JS API:

      var wmsLayer = new WMSLayer('https://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/services/Specialty/ESRI_StatesCitiesRivers_USA/MapServer/WMSServer', {
    resourceInfo: resourceInfo,
    visibleLayers: ['1', '2']
  });
  map.addLayers([wmsLayer]);

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