Hello, ArcGIS Pro Community,
I’m looking to create a world basemap at the highest possible resolution using ArcGIS Pro or other Esri tools and host it on my private server. The goal is to achieve detailed, high-quality imagery with global coverage, optimized for zoomed-in levels.
Key Question:
I want to ensure the process adheres to Esri's best practices and licensing requirements. Any advice on the appropriate tools, settings, or documentation would be highly appreciated.
Thank you!
First off - check with your esri sales representative for all the proper things.
Second - Have you done calculations for the amount of expected storage needed? Google suggests the surface area of the earth is 510 million square kilometers (5.1E+08 km2)
If you are shooting for 30cm/1ft resolution then your storage goes up by a factor of 12 to around 17,000 TB.
Just something to consider in your journey.
Good luck
Tom
Thanks Tom,
Yes I have made the calculations for storage, excluding Oceans:
Storage Calculation:
Including Oceans:
510,000,000,000,000510,000,000,000,000510,000,000,000,000 pixels × 3 bytes = 1,530,000,000,000,0001,530,000,000,000,0001,530,000,000,000,000 bytes (1.53 petabytes).
Excluding Oceans (Land Only):
149,000,000,000,000149,000,000,000,000149,000,000,000,000 pixels × 3 bytes = 447,000,000,000,000447,000,000,000,000447,000,000,000,000 bytes (447 terabytes).
Also efficient tiling strategies and compression.
The blocker now is the source of the images, or the cost not exceeding 6 figures.