Raster data organization in geodatabase

[Anonymous User]

I have a large volume of imagery data (the same location and different years) in a geodatabase and I would like to organize the data such as by a location (e.g. LocationA: [1977, 1978, ... 2011]).  What is the best way to organize the raster dataset in geodatabase?  What I can think of is creating multiple geodatabases, but it isn't ideal.  I would very appreciate any suggestions.

Thank you.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

see the Imagery management section and Mosaic datasets to start

[Anonymous User]

Thank you for the quick reply!!  I am confused about the Mosaic dataset.  I created the Mosaic dataset and added raster data.  The resulting data contains "Boundary", "Footprint" and "Image".  I want to use "Raster Calculator", but the tool identifies the Mosaic dataset as one so does it mean I can't use Mosaic dataset for geoprocessing?  If so, is there another way or idea to organize raster data like "Feature Dataset"?

[DanPatterson_Retired · Accepted solution]

You asked about organization first... Mosaic dataset is for organization.

Raster calculator is now mentioned in the same context as '... large volume of imagery data....'

Not quite clear but 'raster calculator' and 'large volume' raise big bold flags in my experience.

Perhaps you should clearly outline what you want to do since these need to be addressed before memory and related issues come to the fore.

[Anonymous User]

My apologies for your confusion for my question and thank you for sharing the information and insights.  I think I keep the raster data in the folder instead of geodatabase.

Perhaps you should clearly outline what you want to do since these need to be addressed before memory and related issues come to the fore.

I will!  Thank you so much!!