idea Historical Imagery in ArcGIS Earth Ideas

Historical Imagery

arahman_mdmajid — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 11:30:57 GMT

Adding historical imagery to ArcGIS Earth is a feature we have been missing for a while now. It will be beneficial if the team can incorporate World Imagery Wayback App in ArcGIS Earth. This will provide user to see their areas of interest in different time periods. In addition to adding the historical imagery, another thing that can add value to this feature is the swipe tool. These functionalities can really provide an edge to ArcGIS Earth in comparison to other similar applications.

Re: Historical Imagery

GeoffroyRicher-Lalonde — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:01:52 GMT

We added the World Imagery Wayback WMTS layers and its metadata in our ArcGIS Earth organizational configuration, but it requires a lot of time and clicks...

Reference the WMTS layers in Portal or ArcGIS Online (https://wayback.maptiles.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/WMTS/1.0.0/default028mm/MapServer/tile/10/%7Blevel%7D/%7Brow%7D/%7Bcol%7D)
Create a Web Map for each WMTS layer you want to use. In them, add :
1. The referenced WMTS layer
2. Its associated metadata (example : https://metadata.maptiles.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery_Metadata_2014_r01/MapServer)
Incorporate the Web Maps IDs in your organizational configuration file. Example :

Re: Historical Imagery

jsphillips — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:34:47 GMT

Thank you @GeoffroyRicher-Lalonde! @arahman_mdmajid does this solution work for you?

Re: Historical Imagery

GregoryFedie — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:57:41 GMT

@jsphillips is this still the only workaround or are there future plans to allow for Wayback to be integrated directly with ArcGIS Earth?

Re: Historical Imagery

jsphillips — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:03:51 GMT

@GregoryFedie thank you for reaching out! We do plan on exploring the integration of Wayback as a future capability in ArcGIS Earth. As I get more information I will make sure to share.

Re: Historical Imagery

Adam_Inglis — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:22:39 GMT

I agree, having access to the wayback imagery in a time slider similar to how Google Earth handles their historical imagery would be a lot more user friendly.