Latest Contributions by LanceCole

I have always used multiple mosaic datasets in a file or enterprise geodatabase to store our aerial imagery by reference.  I  create a mosaic dataset for each new flight and users can access the different years by selecting the appropriate dataset.  As I was preparing to add a new dataset, I reviewed the documentation and recommended process.  Apparently, I should be taking this a step further and building a "master mosaic dataset" by adding each years mosaic dataset to this master and making the dataset time aware by adding date information.  Over all this makes sense; however, I have several questions. 1) How is there an advantage when you would need to filter the data to render each year individually?  We do not do any temporal analysis on the data but only display the data for the end user by year. 2) An ESRI video (Managing Imagery Using Mosaic Datasets and Image Services - 43:58) recommended having only one mosaic dataset per geodatabase.  We have never really had any issues with the seven datasets we currently use and are were planning to add an eighth.  Should we expect to see a performance improvement creating a master dataset? 3) The recommended workflow in Creating a mosaic dataset containing raster data from multiple dates indicates that "This design is optimal when you have less than eight rows added to your master mosaic dataset."  It does not go on to explain why or provide an alternative for larger collections.  What are our options as we are reaching this point? ... View more

I just downloaded ArcGIS Survey123 Connect (3.12.232) to create a new survey to publish to AGOL. I installed the application and upon opening the application it is painfully sluggish.  Hovering over the three ellipses for each survey, the pop-up will fade-in in steps over about 4-5 seconds.  Hovering over  the existing published surveys the image will zoom in/out extremely slow (2-3) seconds in steps.  Opening a small survey will take 2-3 minutes. Never had this issue with other versions.  I tried re-downloading the app and reinstalling with the same results.  Also tried installing as Administrator and tried both the 32 and 64 bit versions.  Additionally, uninstall does not work from Windows Control Panel. I also tried to create a new blank survey with the same results. Running on Windows 10, 64 Bit OS. ... View more

We are testing a new ArcGIS Server 10.9 deployment and were planning on two server sites.  Two (2) servers with the role of ArcGIS GIS Server on the first site and one (1) server with the role of ArcGIS Image Server on the second site.  The only reason we are adding an Image Server is to be able to publish mosaic datasets.  There are no plans to utilize other functionality of the Image Server for our deployment. The question came up of instead of creating the two sites noted above, license two or three servers for both ArcGIS GIS Server and Image Server roles on a single site.  Note, we have the licenses available as well as additional memory and cores for each system, if needed.  I have seen a few posts where others have worked through a couple of licensing issues to complete this process,  but not sure of the outcome.  ESRI states it is recommended to place each role on a separate system and if we were fully utilizing Image Server I would not even be thinking about this option.  In our past deployment, we only utilized ArcGIS GIS Server and hosted Image features using SID files and Tile Cache without any issues. Has anyone deployed a similar configuration and was it successful?  Issues or regrets? ... View more

I have an ArcGIS Server site (call it "server") with several ArcGIS servers configured with the ArGIS GIS Server role and using a network share for the Server Directory and Configuration Store between them.  I am planning to add a new ArcGIS Server to a new site (call it "image") that will be configured with the role of a ArcGIS Image Server. Can this new site/server share that same share or should a new separate share be created? ... View more