Using hosted imagery links in Oriented Imagery dataset

[MollyEhrenberger]

Hello! My company has all their 360 photos hosted on a virtual tour software site, all the images are public access. When I try to Generate service from the dataset with the links in the Image Path field, it fails to upload stating it cannot open the file (ERROR 001109: Cannot open File)

Is it possible to use these web links in the Oriented Imagery dataset with some sort of work around? 

The tool does work properly when I use an image path directly from my hard drive, however we have thousands of photos that have been edited within the image hosting site. In order to use hard drive image pathways, it would require a lot of extra labor so we are hoping to avoid that if possible. 

[vickyduran_AerialSphere]

Hi @MollyEhrenberger 

Normally it will work with publicly hosted images as long the site uses a secure protocol (https). However, if the secured site requires a token from the user, then the process might be different. 

Here is the public information from ESRI about adding images to an oriented imagery dataset

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/oriented-imagery/add-images-to-oriented-imag...

If the images are public, please share the link so I can troubleshoot the issue for you

Vicky

[MollyEhrenberger]

Hi @vickyduran_AerialSphere ,

Thank you for your help.
Here are a few links as an example.

https://kuula.co/share/Ny703?logo=0&info=0&fs=1&vr=1&sd=1&thumbs=1
https://virtualtours.austincc.edu/share/N2DBd?logo=1&info=0&fs=1&vr=1&sd=1&thumbs=1
https://virtualtours.austincc.edu/share/N2DBW?logo=1&info=0&fs=1&vr=1&sd=1&thumbs=1
https://virtualtours.austincc.edu/share/52cxt?logo=0&info=0&fs=1&vr=1&sd=1&thumbs=1

[vickyduran_AerialSphere · Accepted solution]

Hi @MollyEhrenberger 

Thank you for sharing the links. However, those links point to images processed by the Kuula site’s software for visualizing 360 images. ESRI OI tools require using source images in .jpg or .jpeg format to add them to an oriented imagery dataset.

If you could download the panorama in .jpg or .jpeg format you can then add them to the oriented imagery dataset.

Also, make sure the image has metadata with GPS coordinates (latitude, longitude, altitude) and other camera data.

If the image does not have metadata, you will need to create a .csv file with certain fields (Oriented imagery table format) to use the image. Here is the link to the format that the .csv file must have:

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/imagery/oriented-imagery-table.htm

Vicky

[MollyEhrenberger]

Ah, okay. That's what I was afraid of but I appreciate you clarifying.

Thank you for all your help!