Image service best practices

Anonymous User

Hi,

We want to create Image Services out of our orthophotos (tiff files ~500Gg) and are wondering whether we need the Image Server Extension or not. We cover different MTM Zones so the images are projected in 4 different projections systems. We would create different Image services based on different region. They will be used as basemaps, view only, no analysis required.

Thank you,

Line Champagne

Montreal

JonathanQuinn

You don't need to create an image service if you're not planning on performing any analysis on the service; you can use a simple map service and cache it.  If you are planning to use mosaic datasets, though, you'll need the Image Server Extension.