Add new images to an already published Oriented Imagery Dataset (OID) service hosted in ArcGIS Online.

Question

I’m trying to figure out the best way to append additional images to an already published Oriented Imagery Dataset (OID) service hosted in ArcGIS Online.

I’m using ArcGIS Pro 3.4 and have tried the following:

* Using “Generate Service from Oriented Imagery Dataset” to overwrite the existing service with a local OID containing the new photos — but this workflow is not allowed.

* Using “Add Images to Oriented Imagery Dataset” with the input dataset set as the published service — this appears to add the new locations (spatial footprints) but the images themselves don’t show up.

Has anyone found a reliable workflow to append new images to an existing OID service? Am I missing a step or tool to properly update the dataset so the new images are fully integrated?

Any suggestions or best practices would be much appreciated!

AaronKoelker · Answer

@AshleyHayes2 and for anyone who comes across this, you can do it by publishing a new temporary service with your additional photos to add, then running an append from the temp service to the existing service, and then delete the temporary service. Source link . This speaks specifically to oriented imagery for ArcGIS Indoors so you can skip the floor aware stuff if you're not using that.

Add 360-degree photos to an oriented imagery feature layer

You can add more 360-degree photos to an existing oriented imagery feature layer to provide additional viewable images or update existing imagery with current photos.

To update an existing shared oriented imagery feature layer with new or more photos, complete the following steps:

* Start ArcGIS Pro.
* Sign in to your ArcGIS organization if necessary.
* Import the updated photos to an oriented imagery dataset and configure it as floor aware.
* Share the new floor-aware oriented imagery dataset as a hosted feature service.
* On the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.The Catalog pane appears.

* In the Catalog pane, search for the new and the original oriented imagery feature layers containing 360-degree photos.
* Right-click both oriented imagery feature layers and click Add To Current Map.The oriented imagery feature layers are added to the map as layers.

* Use the Append tool to append features from the new oriented imagery feature layer to the original oriented imagery feature layer.
* Optionally, delete the new oriented imagery feature layer from your organization after confirming 360-degree photos were appended to the original oriented imagery feature layer, or ensure that the original oriented imagery feature layer is the topmost layer in the layer list.

AshleyHayes2 · Answer

Thanks for confirming this — it’s helpful (if a little disappointing) to know that there isn’t currently a clean way to append new images directly into a published OID service. Rebuilding a connection in apps every time we need to republish isn’t ideal, especially when we’re just trying to add a handful of new photos. Unfortunately, I also don’t have the option to make my imagery web-accessible, so the “append with URLs” approach doesn’t work in my case either.

I think this workflow would really benefit from some improvement. It would be great if Oriented Imagery datasets supported an update/append option similar to how hosted feature layers can be overwritten without changing the Item ID. That would save a lot of time and keep downstream apps and maps stable.

RandallRebello · Answer

Hi Ashley,

You can add images to a published service as long as you have write access to it. The path you give for the input images should be web-accessible link. If you are looking to attach the new images to the Oriented Imagery dataset, then this workflow does not permit it.

The other option is to go back to the original feature dataset, add the new images, and republish the Oriented Imagery dataset again. If you want the same name for the dataset you will have to delete the published dataset and republish using the same name. However the ArcGIS online ID will change.

Randall