Previewing an image service
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 The image service definition (.ISDef) has been replaced by an improved geodatabase data model—the mosaic dataset—which can be published as an image service using the ArcGIS Server Image extension.
The preview allows you to view the raster datasets in the image service definition as a single mosaicked raster dataset. It lets you check the output of an image service without requiring you to compile and publish the service, and it will reflect any changes you make to the image service definition. The preview of a newly created image service definition lets you decide whether the input processes, output properties, bands, and so on, match the expected results.
You need to build a newly created image service definition before you can preview it. For more information on building, see Building an image service definition. Once an image service definition is built, the preview will appear in the ArcMap table of contents as a layer in the image service definition group layer. The preview of an image service displays a group of rasters.
When you add a previously built image service definition to ArcMap, the Preview layer will be included in the custom group layer. The Preview layer is not loaded if a boundary does not exist.
- Check Preview in the table of contents to display the mosaicked image preview of the image service definition.