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Panorama images downloaded from Site Scan are missing Metadata

msmpokos — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:01:48 GMT

When a panorama mission is processed in Site Scan for ArcGIS, the resulting 360° image (JPG) that is downloaded appears to be missing metadata, compared to panoramas generated directly from the drone (e.g. DJI Matrice 4E).

This issue may be related to the current behavior where the panorama opens in a new browser tab instead of being downloaded directly as a file

Re: Panorama images downloaded from Site Scan are missing Metadata

NicoBonnafoux — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:32:45 GMT

Hi @msmpokos
What metadata do you need and for what use?

Here is what is currently included:

File Modification Date/Time : 2026:03:18 09:25:26-07:00

File Access Date/Time : 2026:03:18 09:25:48-07:00

File Inode Change Date/Time : 2026:03:18 09:25:29-07:00

File Permissions : -rw-r--r--

File Type : JPEG

File Type Extension : jpg

MIME Type : image/jpeg

JFIF Version : 1.01

Exif Byte Order : Big-endian (Motorola, MM)

Make : DJI

Camera Model Name : FC6310S

X Resolution : 1

Y Resolution : 1

Resolution Unit : None

Software : Site Scan

Modify Date : 2022:08:25 12:52:55

Y Cb Cr Positioning : Centered

Exif Version : 0232

Date/Time Original : 2022:08:25 12:52:55

Create Date : 2022:08:25 12:52:55

Components Configuration : Y, Cb, Cr, -

User Comment : -.Projection: Equirectangular (2).FOV: 360 x 180

Flashpix Version : 0100

Color Space : Uncalibrated

Serial Number : 61e958bcb868f77f1517c30ca01778bf

GPS Version ID : 2.3.0.0

GPS Latitude Ref : North

GPS Longitude Ref : West

GPS Altitude Ref : Above Sea Level

XMP Toolkit : Image::ExifTool 12.39

Cropped Area Image Height Pixels: 8192

Cropped Area Image Width Pixels : 16384

Cropped Area Left Pixels : 0

Cropped Area Top Pixels : 0

Full Pano Height Pixels : 8192

Full Pano Width Pixels : 16384

Projection Type : equirectangular

Source Photos Count : 30

Stitching Software : Hugin

Use Panorama Viewer : True

Image Width : 16384

Image Height : 8192

Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding

Bits Per Sample : 8

Color Components : 3

Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)

Image Size : 16384x8192

Megapixels : 134.2

GPS Altitude : 331.4 m Above Sea Level

GPS Latitude : 29 deg 44' 15.39" N

GPS Longitude : 98 deg 27' 6.62" W

GPS Position : 29 deg 44' 15.39" N, 98 deg 27' 6.62" W

Re: Panorama images downloaded from Site Scan are missing Metadata

msmpokos — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:38:05 GMT

Hello @NicoBonnafoux and thank you for your reply.

The issue is specifically related to missing camera orientation metadata required for Oriented Imagery in ArcGIS. While SiteScan panoramas include GPS and projection info, they do not contain a valid heading value.As a result, when these images are added to an Oriented Imagery dataset, the system reports "Camera Heading value is invalid for the selected image. All the oriented imagery viewer tools using CameraHeading value are disabled."

In contrast, DJI processed panoramas from the same mission work correctly because they include orientation metadata.

Re: Panorama images downloaded from Site Scan are missing Metadata

NicoBonnafoux — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:34:36 GMT

Copying some colleagues for awareness @dozer , @EmilyWindahl, @JarellPerez08.

@msmpokos , we'll look into this.

We also just added the ability to publish360º panos directly from Site Scan to ArcGIS Online, have you tried this?

Re: Panorama images downloaded from Site Scan are missing Metadata

msmpokos — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:57:37 GMT

Hello @NicoBonnafoux thank you and i am looking forward for your reply.

As for the ability to publish 360º panos directly from Site Scan to ArcGIS Online, we have tried ti but unfortunately would not work for our use case for several reasons:

1) We need a single oriented imagery dataset that contains all the panos, not separate datasets per flight.

2) This functionality is not yet available in ArcGIS Enterprise, which we use

3) In the generated oriented imagery, the footprints are incorrect: