How to display raster mosaic dataset at all scales?

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MattWilkie1
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How to get Pro to display contents of a Raster Mosaic Dataaset at all scales (zoom levels)?

In ArcMap there was a preference to show only images a catalog when fewer than 9/16/.../999 tiles in display area. I haven't been able to find the Pro equivalent.

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The source images are Cloud Optimized Geotiff, so there are guaranteed overviews for all scales. Here's a VRT of the same images, it displays in Pro near instantly at all scales after the initial few ~2 second load:

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MattWilkie1
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Building overviews did fix the lack of display problem. It only took a minute on a 9 gigapixel mosaic, so the tool must be smart enough to leverage the existing COG pyramids. That's a relief and one concern of mine put to rest (don't create duplicates).

I'd still like to locate the max raster property. It's not in Set Raster Properties or Set Mosaic Dataset Properties gp tools. The latter does have 'columns/rows_maximum_imagesize' and I tried various numbers from -1 to 1000 to 8000 to 100000 with each having no apparent effect.  (The mosaic is ~12,000 x 12,000 px.)

On the troublshooting trail I also encountered  the very interesting Some raster images created using the Create Mosaic Dataset tool are not displayed in ArcMap. That's not the problem here but I've definitely seen that before, and not that long ago. My cure previously was to delete and recreate the mosaic datasets.    and....there it is, use ArcCatalog to get at the max raster setting. That and all the other properties can be set there, and faster and easier then using the Pro gp tool.

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mody_buchbinder
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It can be done in Pro, no need for ArcCatalog

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mody_buchbinder
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Hi

You should build overviews. If you must see original data (why?) there is property of max raster to show (default is 20) but this will slow the display

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MattWilkie1
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where/how is the max raster property set?

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MattWilkie1
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Building overviews did fix the lack of display problem. It only took a minute on a 9 gigapixel mosaic, so the tool must be smart enough to leverage the existing COG pyramids. That's a relief and one concern of mine put to rest (don't create duplicates).

I'd still like to locate the max raster property. It's not in Set Raster Properties or Set Mosaic Dataset Properties gp tools. The latter does have 'columns/rows_maximum_imagesize' and I tried various numbers from -1 to 1000 to 8000 to 100000 with each having no apparent effect.  (The mosaic is ~12,000 x 12,000 px.)

On the troublshooting trail I also encountered  the very interesting Some raster images created using the Create Mosaic Dataset tool are not displayed in ArcMap. That's not the problem here but I've definitely seen that before, and not that long ago. My cure previously was to delete and recreate the mosaic datasets.    and....there it is, use ArcCatalog to get at the max raster setting. That and all the other properties can be set there, and faster and easier then using the Pro gp tool.

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mody_buchbinder
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It can be done in Pro, no need for ArcCatalog

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MattWilkie1
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how are you getting to that dialog? I see something quite different:

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MattWilkie1
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doh! nevermind. One needs to use right-click context menu from a Catalog view or panel and not a Map view. Count me another victim of familiarity blindness.