Building an image service definition

Legacy:

ArcGIS 10 is the last release of the stand-alone ArcGIS Image Server product. The image service definition (.ISDef) has been replaced by an improved geodatabase data model—the mosaic dataset—which can be published as an image service using the ArcGIS Server Image extension.

When the image service definition is going through the building process, all the buttons on the Image Service Definition Editor toolbar are unavailable. At the end of the building operation, these buttons become available.

After building the image service definition for the first time, the Boundary and Preview layers are added to the group layer in the table of contents.

Steps:

1. Click the Layer arrow on the Image Service Definition Editor toolbar and choose the service layer you want to build.
2. Click Image Service on the Image Service Definition Editor toolbar and click Advanced > Build.

   The Build Options dialog box is displayed.

3. Check or uncheck options on the Build Options dialog box.

   By default, the options the application thinks you need to run are checked. You can uncheck these options.

4. Click OK.

   The Service Editor-Building window displays the progress of various building options.