How do I add 10.3.1 Image services to Google Earth?

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07-28-2016 05:26 PM
PaulHuffman
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A few years ago,  when I was running Arc Server 9.3.1,  I was able to publish image services with WMS enabled,  then add them to Google Earth as an image overlay https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148099?guide=22373&ref_topic=22376​ (but the content at this link location has been updated,  doesn't match what I had been telling users to do back then.)  My image services would work pretty well for my users who only had Google Earth.

Now with ArcServer 10.3.1,  I have some image services of mosaics published with WMS checked, overviews built,  and they scale up and down just fine in ArcGIS 10.3.1.  But when I try adding my new services to Google Earth Pro by listing my rest services in a browser at http://myserver:6080/arcgis/rest/services , selecting the image service and the View in Google Earth option,  the WMS service opens in Google Earth,  but it doesn't look like it jumps to the more detailed pyramids at larger scales.   It seems stuck at about 1:31000.   Is there a new way to add these 10.3.1 image services to Google Earth?

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PaulHuffman
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When I try to copy and paste this url, I get excessive % characters and a https://community.esri.com/external-link  prefix. ??  Not very useful.

/external-link.jspa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsmap%3A6080%2Farcgis%2Fservices%2FWIP78Mosaic%2FImageServer%2F... 

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by Anonymous User
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Hi ,

Please go to services directory and  select view Google Earth,

Then you have a KMZ file then its open in google earth with database connections.

View In:   ArcGIS JavaScript   ArcGIS.com Map   Google Earth   ArcMap   ArcGIS Explorer 

Please check once

PaulHuffman
Occasional Contributor III

Thanks, Avinash.   It works well to click on the View in: Google Earth url in the rest/services folder for the service for line and polygon services,  but for images I'm not getting good resolution at larger scales anything close to what the image source should be capable of, unless I add as an Image Overlay in Google Earth and edit the Width and Height parameters in the url. 

by Anonymous User
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Checking for above marked ...
update you soon my findings...