Latest Contributions by JeffreySwain

I understand your frustration. After checking the status of the bug report, it is still marked as 'assigned', which means it is being actively worked on by a developer. I know that it is not a solution, but know that it is still being worked on and should be resolved in future releases. ... View more

The source imagery can be 8 bit, but if the spatial reference is altered or if the NoData value is specified outside the range of 0-255, then the process will resample the raster. In the resampling, rather than delete data or replace values, the bit depth on the raster will be upgraded to the next bit depth.  So if you values run 0-255, a NoData value of say '0' is not set, then the process will make the NoData value 256. Then it will look at the values and upgrade the bit depth. This change from 8 bit to 16 bit usually causes a lot of the loading issues.  ... View more

When dealing with lists like this, I usually try printing out the list to see if it is what you think it is.  To piggy back to what Xander said, consider those help docs, but also I have found printing them out, copying them and they trying to run them in the Py Window seems to help me determine the proper syntax.  ... View more

So are you encountering an error? Or what his happening.  On first look, all I see is that you are using the 'Mosaic' tool rather than the 'Mosaic to New Raster' tool?  If as your title says you are looking for a new raster, then use the second tool.  Unless you are going to create a new raster prior to using the mosaic tool. ... View more

I would consider using the 3d City template and then utilize the tools to apply the roof heights.  The template is available here on GitHub. Once the values are added to the polygons, using ArcScene or ArcGlobe and setting the extrusion to the value obtained.  Please continue to look at the GitHub site as new tools are being developed all the time. They may be of use to help modify the block buildings created by the process you have described. ... View more

I see that pic now, I apologize, I am still sorting out the GeoNet-ness and missed it initially.  I do not think you should have to do it that way.  I think the design is to use a chain like Composite Bands > Geometric > Pansharpened (it would tier in the chain so you would only have to do it once rather than for each band) and only use it once.  I would think that Development would like to know if you are having to jump through such hoops.  After all this is just one scene, the if you applied the functions in a mosaic dataset, then this might be problematic unless you applied the chain during the import of the scenes to the mosaic dataset.  To get to Development, a call to Support might be in order.  However if you are fine with your workflow, then I suppose it is not necessary.  I see this as a potential bug in the software, not simply a workaround given your data.  Thanks for sharing. ... View more

So you could not use the Image Analysis window, mosaic dataset or tool to process this?  The workflow expects multiple bands and having the RPCs per band should not be a problem.  I would try the image analysis window or mosaic dataset. You probably should not have had to process each band and if you did, then I think that Support would like to see the data to pass it to development.  Mosaic Dataset Image Analysis Window The software should be able to recognized the scene normally and then apply the geometric function to the whole scene. ... View more

There is also the ability to use a mosaic dataset so that you can process multiple scenes. Since you say that you have multiple, then I would consider this. The process is similar to the Image Analysis Window, but you can apply the functions to multiple scenes.  Depending on your DEM you are using to orthorectify, you may consider creating a mosaic of the DEMs prior to this, but otherwise it should work fine.  Check out this link for the tutorial to orthorectify with the mosaic dataset. ... View more

The tool will work within the application as described above. In terms of creating inputs via model builder without the application, I am not sure that it is even possible to complete this without the application.  You may try to use the Interpolate Polygon to Multipatch tool, but it will require a TIN to generate the height of the building.  You may also consider the Feature to 3D by Attribute tool to make the polygon for the building 3D at the base of the building prior to using in this tool. ... View more

The Layer to 3d Feature applies 3D effects added to the layer in ArcScene/ArcGlobe to the feature.  Per the help, the tool exports feature layers that have 3D properties defined. So by altering the settings on the properties of the feature in those applications you can create a new feature. Without adding it to the display or adding it to layer there isn't a '3D layer' that can be used to create new data.  So when you utilize extrusion or base heights your custom look to the data can be turned into a multipatch. I am not sure if there is a way to work around this as the tool is designed to take information that can only be added in the display to the feature to create a new feature.  Without the 3D properties altered, the output would be a 3D version of the same feature at 0 elevation. ... View more

The cell size you are looking at Kania is in decimal degrees since the projection is WGS 1984.  The Wikipedia page for decimal degrees has a chart that gives you an idea of the conversion, but also remember that the conversion from decimal degrees to meters is different depending on what latitude you are. For the kind of analysis you are looking to do, I would consider converting the WGS 1984 into a projected coordinate system with meters and then resample to more logical units. ... View more

I would also look into the CON tool to simply select all but the value you are looking for.  Since you said elevation, this may be more appropriate. ... View more

I would check to see if the point totals are close between the LAS Dataset and the multipoints. Generally speaking I would not perform the action you are as the LAS data is incredibly large. You may also be having an issue with displaying that number of points.  Most of the time the redraw will pause if the mouse is moved. What are you looking to achieve by converting all of the LAS files to multipoints?  Convert it to a Terrain? ... View more