Direct Image Server Connections with Elevation Data?

[PeterTimmers]

NOTE: Was problem with single large image service. Rebuilt it for the umpteenth time and it's working.

You can do direct connections to elevation image services can't you?

I've tried and failed. Gettings errors like below. Is there any doco on how to do it? I've done it successfully with imagery.

We've got a very large 30 sec DEM and a small 1m DEM. Possibly the 30 sec is not behaving itself.


ServiceEditorCore] Computing output properties using Raster: 10052114145640900000.
[RemoteImageService.GetImageByExtent : 007A02] Error: ExtractAOI for sessionID '677ddb15-fcde-4d58-8bb6-048648baaa19' failed
[RemoteImageService.GetImageByExtent : 007A02] Error: ExtractAOI for sessionID '677ddb15-fcde-4d58-8bb6-048648baaa19' failed
[ServiceEditorCore] Computing output properties...
[RPDefGenerator.Validator.Validate : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFCA] Error: Raster source validation failed. Could not initialize raster item at position 1.
[RasterCore.RasterProcessChain.InitProcesses : 00350B] Error: Could not set window
[RasterCore.RasterProcess.SampleRaster.SetWindow : 005003] Error: MIL::WarpedImage::setWindow() Failed in Sample Raster.
[RasterCore.MIL.WarpedImage.SetWindow : 001F0A] Error: Set Window failed on Input Image.

[PeterBecker]

It would appear that one of the images (which is being used to determine some stats) is somehow incorrect.
In such cases there is no real need to run build. For the Pixel sizes check that the Min,MaxPS values in the table make sense. Also check that the Service output properties are elevation. If there are concerns about the boundary being incorrect the re-build the boundary. You should be able to see the imagery. With elevation data, the issue often is that the stats make little sense. Best is to set the Min,max values for the renderer in ArcMap when you display the imagery vs using something like StdDev which has little value for elevation. The other issue may be that overview have not yet been created. Not for elevation data if it often advantageous to use other data for the overviews (eg NED data from USGS or SRTM data) both can be downloaded.