Publish jpg2000 and Geotiff Imagery

Question

I wanted to know If I can publish jpg2000 imagery and/or Geotiff imagery without packaging them in *.MXD format for the ArcGIS Server 10 versions.  If so where can I find how to do this.

Thanks.

ErinBrimhall · Answer

I am running ARC GIS 10.1.  I was looking for options where we have the Server and do not have the ArcGIS desktop software available to build the mxd file.  But we do have the imagery and raster files available and just need to publish them on the ArcGIS server.   That is not how I have published in the past using ESRI so I wanted to know if the server would support it.

You can publish the image file as a service purely with ArcGIS Server by using the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory and the "Create Service" command:

[INDENT]http://hostname:6080/arcgis/admin/services/createService[/INDENT]

You will need to provide the JSON definition of your image service to this page / command.  Here is a template you can modify for this purpose.  Note that this template assumes the ArcGIS Server directories are configured for the default location on the C-drive.
{
  "serviceName": "[SERVICE NAME GOES HERE]",
  "type": "ImageServer",
  "description": "",
  "capabilities": "Image,Metadata,Mensuration",
  "clusterName": "default",
  "minInstancesPerNode": 0,
  "maxInstancesPerNode": 1,
  "instancesPerContainer": 1,
  "maxWaitTime": 60,
  "maxStartupTime": 300,
  "maxIdleTime": 1800,
  "maxUsageTime": 600,
  "loadBalancing": "ROUND_ROBIN",
  "isolationLevel": "HIGH",
  "configuredState": "STOPPED",
  "recycleInterval": 24,
  "recycleStartTime": "00:00",
  "keepAliveInterval": 1800,
  "private": false,
  "isDefault": false,
  "maxUploadFileSize": 0,
  "allowedUploadFileTypes": "",
  "properties": {
    "availableCompressions": "None,JPEG,LZ77,LERC",
    "maxImageHeight": "4100",
    "virtualCacheDir": "/rest/directories/arcgiscache",
    "hasValidSR": "true",
    "defaultCompressionTolerance": "0.01",
    "maxImageWidth": "15000",
    "allowedMensurationCapabilities": "Basic",
    "colormapToRGB": "false",
    "allowedCompressions": "None,JPEG,LZ77,LERC",
    "supportedImageReturnTypes": "URL",
    "rasterTypes": "",
    "isCached": "false",
    "esriImageServiceSourceType": "esriImageServiceSourceTypeDataset",
    "description": "",
    "path": "[PATH TO YOUR IMAGE FILE GOES HERE]",
    "allowFunction": "true",
    "maxScale": "0",
    "returnJPGPNGAsJPG": "false",
    "copyright": "",
    "cacheOnDemand": "false",
    "defaultCompressionQuality": "75",
    "useLocalCacheDir": "true",
    "virtualOutputDir": "/rest/directories/arcgisoutput",
    "outputDir": "C:\arcgisserver\directories\arcgisoutput",
    "minScale": "0",
    "defaultResamplingMethod": "1",
    "ignoreCache": "true",
    "clientCachingAllowed": "true",
    "availableMensurationCapabilities": "Basic",
    "rasterFunctions": "",
    "cacheDir": "C:\arcgisserver\directories\arcgiscache"
  },
  "extensions": [],
  "datasets": []
}

ChristopherKnox · Answer

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand the question. If you choose not to use a mxd and if you have the Image extension for ArcGIS Server, you can create a mosaic dataset and publish that, or you can publish the imagery directly as image services without a map document. Can you please clarify the goal and which version ArcGIS Server you're using? The workflow can be different depending on the version you're using.

I am running ARC GIS 10.1.  I was looking for options where we have the Server and do not have the ArcGIS desktop software available to build the mxd file.  But we do have the imagery and raster files available and just need to publish them on the ArcGIS server.   That is not how I have published in the past using ESRI so I wanted to know if the server would support it.

RandallWilliams · Answer

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand the question. If you choose not to use a mxd and if you have the Image extension for ArcGIS Server, you can create a mosaic dataset and publish that, or you can publish the imagery directly as image services without a map document. Can you please clarify the goal and which version ArcGIS Server you're using? The workflow can be different depending on the version you're using.