Using hosted imagery links in Oriented Imagery dataset

MollyEhrenberger

Hello! My company has all their 360 photos hosted on a virtual tour software site, all the images are public access. When I try to Generate service from the dataset with the links in the Image Path field, it fails to upload stating it cannot open the file (ERROR 001109: Cannot open File)

Is it possible to use these web links in the Oriented Imagery dataset with some sort of work around? 

The tool does work properly when I use an image path directly from my hard drive, however we have thousands of photos that have been edited within the image hosting site. In order to use hard drive image pathways, it would require a lot of extra labor so we are hoping to avoid that if possible. 

vickyduran_AerialSphere

Hi @MollyEhrenberger 

Thank you for sharing the links. However, those links point to images processed by the Kuula site’s software for visualizing 360 images. ESRI OI tools require using source images in .jpg or .jpeg format to add them to an oriented imagery dataset.

If you could download the panorama in .jpg or .jpeg format you can then add them to the oriented imagery dataset.

Also, make sure the image has metadata with GPS coordinates (latitude, longitude, altitude) and other camera data.

If the image does not have metadata, you will need to create a .csv file with certain fields (Oriented imagery table format) to use the image. Here is the link to the format that the .csv file must have:

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/imagery/oriented-imagery-table.htm

Vicky