Open Internet Explorer - Select Tools > Internet options - Select Connections > LAN settings Check the use a proxy server box and fill out the details as per your IT policy. ArcGIS uses your Internet Explorer settings. If your request fails, you may need to change your internet settings to use a proxy server and enter your proxy details.
Select NZGD 2000 New Zealand Transverse Mercator, then click Apply and OK Click on the ‘Coordinate System’ tab, and use the search function to find NZTM. Go to the View menu and select Data Frame Properties. Aligning the data frame and WMTS tile set will ensure the tiles are displayed without distortion. As all LDS WMTS services are added as Web Mercator by default, you will need to change the map data frame so that it is also NZTM.
How to connect to the Canterbury maps services through Arcmap and ArcPro.ġ. Note: This is not enabled for all features, some layers may not have this feature set up Locate the data you wish to find the service URL for and copy the URL from the APIs dropdown. To find the URL’s for the OGC WMS and WFS services, go to the open data page on the Canterbury Maps homepage. For example ArcMap or ArcPro (not free - licence required), ArcGIS Online ( free), QGIS ( free download ), Hexagon, MapInfo. Various third party GIS applications can use these above services and protocols to gain direct data access. There are a variety of web service protocols to choose from:
Instead of downloading the data from Canterbury Maps, you can directly connect to the APIs / web services provided.
Here you can learn how to connect to Canterbury Maps services from other GIS software applications