Latest Contributions by GeorgeNewbury

Hi, I've been making Tile Caches using Mosaic Datasets as a source, but I'm running out of storage space for the source data for the mosaic dataset. Is there a preferred/recommended method for updating the tile cache? I could add the Tile Cache as a source in the mosaic dataset, or create a new mosaic dataset with the tile cache and the source data that will be used for updating.    For example, if I have data from 2018 and 2020 overlapping. I've already created the tile cache with the 2018 data but I want to burn in the 2020 data on top. However, due to storage limitations, my 2018 data is no longer immediately available on my file system and has been removed from my Mosaic Dataset. If I just update the tile cache with the 2020 data, then the tile (in the tile cache) intersecting my 2020 data will be update with the 2020 data, but there will be a no-data collar area around it in the tile cache as the 2018 data is no longer in the mosaic dataset.  Thanks George ... View more

Hi,  Has anyone had any issues with creating using the Manage Tile Cache tool, and having it skip bundles? Using ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 Source Data :  Mosaic Dataset referencing MrSID files on an external usb 3.0 drive. Using Mosaic Dataset Boundary as input aoi. Output Data: Tile Cache Bundles at L20, ArcGIS/Bing/Google Schema, writing to an SSD Other details :  using 8 for a parallel processing factor, system has 12 cores and has hyper-threading on, so it looks like 24, I know it is advised to turn off hyper-threading, but this is a corporate workstation so that is another bureaucratic hurdle I haven't started.  See attached. Color ramp tiles are the extent of the bundles at L20. Green squares are the original mrsid footprints. I never had any problems on ArcMap, going to try that again.  Thanks George ... View more

I'm using the Grid Index Features tool in ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2. I had been using GridIndexFeatures successfully for years in ArcMap, and then noticed when I tried it in ArcGIS Pro I had issues, so I went back to ArcMap, but I'd like to get this resolved because the task is much faster in ArcGIS Pro (but the results aren't correct via python). I took the U.S. States feature class from the default ArcMap installation, added it to my map in ArcGIS Pro. Then selected Rhode Island and made a layer from it.  Opened the GridIndexFeaturesTool (the usual GUI), set my output feature class, changed the environments to have a spatial reference of 32619 (UTM Zone 19N), modified the width/height to 10km, and then rounded the origin coordinates to the nearest 10000. The following is the python command for it (as copied directly from the 'Copy Python Command', just modified the username in the path): arcpy.cartography.GridIndexFeatures(r"C:\Users\MyUserName\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\GridCreation\GridCreation.gdb\RIGrid_Test2ViaToolWindow32619env", "RhodeIsland", "INTERSECTFEATURE", "NO_USEPAGEUNIT", None, "10 Kilometers", "10 Kilometers", "-4660000 2090000", 642, 538, 1, "NO_LABELFROMORIGIN") Next in the python window, set the sr and then change the output to a new name... arcpy.env.outputCoordinateSystem = arcpy.SpatialReference(32619) arcpy.cartography.GridIndexFeatures(r"C:\Users\MyUserName\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\GridCreation\GridCreation.gdb\RIGrid_Test3ViaPythonPrompt32619env", "RhodeIsland", "INTERSECTFEATURE", "NO_USEPAGEUNIT", None, "10 Kilometers", "10 Kilometers", "-4660000 2090000", 642, 538, 1, "NO_LABELFROMORIGIN") and the result is that the grids don't line up. See attached. The blackboxes are via the tool window (and are correct), the blue boxes are off by 3+km to th e NW. Grid origin is the same.  What am I doing wrong? Seems like a bug. I would think that running the tool from the GUI and running the tool from the python window should yield the same results. Thanks George ... View more

Hi, Was wondering if anyone has experience synchonrizing a mosaic dataset with only a subset of source tables/folders. For example I have Three source mosaic datasets: ..\A.gdb\Mosaic1 ..\B.gdb\Mosaic1 ..\C.gdb\Mosaic1 And one derived mosaic dataset ..\All.gdb\Mosaic1' The 'All.gdb\Mosaic1' has all of the rasters that are in the three source mosaic datasets. The three source mosaic datasets were initially added to the derived mosaic dataset using the 'Table' raster type.  Now when I add new rasters to one of the source mosaic datasets, i.e ' \C.gdb\Mosaic1' I would like to synchronize it with the derived mosaic dataset. However, I don't want to waste time also synchronizing with the other sources as 1.) they may be huge and 2.) I know nothing has changed. If I use a where_clause when I synchronize to a raster in the desired source mosaic dataset, will it add new items from the source's table? Thanks George ... View more

I have mosaic datasets that reference a significant amount of imagery and elevation data. The mosaic datasets are shared as an image service on an arcgis server in a dmz. I can publish an image from my internal computer, but to get large amounts of data onto the server I need to send a drive to our IT department in another state, they copy it over, then i can login to the server and move it where it needs to go. Is there a way to push only new mosaic dataset items and update the image service?  I have all the data on my local machine, and get new data on this machine. I have the folder on the server registered. But it seems that when I create a service definition file that either no data is copied (because it assumes that since the folder is registered the data should be there) or if the folder isn't registered it plans on copying up all data. I can login to the server and move data around, so I could publish each image as a new service, go in and then move it into the main image service,  but that seems like more work. Essentially I'd like the system under the hood to say  1.) What data is on my local system? 2.) What identical data is on my registered folder on my server? 3.) What do I need to publish to my registered folder to make it look like my local system? 4.) Publish the new data. Preferably in Python. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks George ... View more