Leaflet Labels from DynamicMapLayer

[BillChappell]

I have an County ArcServer REST mapservice,  and I want to label the polygons.

Esri shows an nice example for a feature service but no examples for a dynamic Service.

Anyone know of an example?

[JohnGravois · Accepted solution]

the easiest thing to do would be to either turn on labels for the layer in the existing service or publish another service with labels.

[BillChappell]

Sometimes the simplest answer is the best, I'm not sure why I was trying to do this the hard way.

[PatrickMcKinney1]

Bill,

We've dealt with this issue a few different ways. I'll list them to give you an idea of what you could do.

1. Publish a map service with labels turned on
2. Publish a service with the features and a separate service for just the labels
   1. If you want the layer to be transparent but not the labels
   2. You want the layer to be a feature service due to better drawing

[BillChappell]

I like your answer, I've played with leaflet enough that I just now handle a dynamic service as a feature service to enable the better drawing, using color symbology, popups, and dynamic legends. Also putting the labels in a separate service allows you to put them in a layer switcher and the user can turn the layer on/off himself.

[PatrickMcKinney1]

Bill, how have you created dynamic legends from feature services? I saw something on GitHub, but couldn't figure it out.

[BillChappell]

Send me an e-mail, I’ll send some commented code …

BTW, I like Carlisle, my parents were there when I went to Ship.

Bill Chappell

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