Can you merge two mosaic datasets together

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08-20-2019 05:55 AM
SLouq
by MVP Regular Contributor
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I have a 4 in mosaic dataset and a 9 in mosaic dataset but would like to have this as 1 whole dataset instead of 2 separate datasets. Could you merge these two together with the Create Mosaic Dataset geoprocessing tool?

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by Anonymous User
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Hi Scott,

Would this work? Derived mosaic datasets—Standard Workflow_Creating Mosaic Datasets | ArcGIS 

Derived mosaic datasets just reference already existing mosaic datasets and display them as one. Here's a bit more information about how mosaic datasets can be organized:

Imagery: Data management patterns and recommendations—Help | ArcGIS Desktop 

Hopefully, that gets you started!

Best,

Lauren

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by Anonymous User
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Hi Scott,

Would this work? Derived mosaic datasets—Standard Workflow_Creating Mosaic Datasets | ArcGIS 

Derived mosaic datasets just reference already existing mosaic datasets and display them as one. Here's a bit more information about how mosaic datasets can be organized:

Imagery: Data management patterns and recommendations—Help | ArcGIS Desktop 

Hopefully, that gets you started!

Best,

Lauren

SLouq
by MVP Regular Contributor
MVP Regular Contributor

Thank you for the links Lauren!

This is the first time I've tried working with imagery so I am learning how and what I can do with the mosaiced datasets I have created.

Thanks,

Scott

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MichaelVolz
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Lauren:

How can you tell if you are using a derived mosaic dataset as opposed to loading the rasters of 2 mosaic datasets into 1 so-called composite mosaic dataset?

The documentation says the derived mosaic dataset is more scalable and provides better performance, but I believe at my org we just added 2 sets of imagery (4in and 9in like the OP) to create a composite mosaic dataset that is used as a source for an image service and the performance has been excellent for years.

SLouq
by MVP Regular Contributor
MVP Regular Contributor

Hi Michael,

I created my 4in and 9in mosaic datasets from individual raster datasets but I never merged the raster datasets together to eliminate the multiple rows of each raster dataset. Is it good to have all these raster datasets 'Merged' together in the mosaic dataset?

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