ArcGIS Image Server Clients - Image service metadata

Service Info node

On the Service Properties dialog box, the Service Info node on the Metadata tab provides the metadata information for the image service.

Information tab—The following fields are available under the Information tab when the Service Info node is selected:

Field	Description
Title	Title given to the image service.
Edition	Edition of the image service.
Identifier	Unique identification and version number of the image service.
Geographic Region	Description of the geographic region, for example, town, state, and country.
Pixel Source	Source from which the pixel values are obtained. This is generally the sensor type or the original source.
Time Period Begin	Time when the first image in the image service was added.
Time Period End	Time when the last image in the image service was added.
Originator	Originator of the image service.
Publisher	Publisher of the image service.
Rights	Users/Owners with the rights to the data and image service.
Contact Organization	Name of the contact organization.
Contact Person	Name of the person to contact for information about the image service.
Service Creation Date	Date on which the image service was created.
Service Creation Time	Time when the image service was created.
Processing Summary	Summary of the processing applied by ArcGIS Image Server on raw raster data.

Layer Properties Information tab

Properties tab—The following fields are available on the Properties tab when the Service Info node is selected. These provide the service properties of the image service.

Field	Description
Name	Name of the image service.
Max. Pixel Size	Maximum pixel size of the data in the image service in meters.
Min. Pixel Size	Minimum pixel size of the data in the image service in meters.
Spatial Reference System	Spatial reference used within the image service.
Number of Bands	Number of bands that were mosaicked together to form the data in the image service.
Pixel Type	Type of pixels that were mosaicked to form the data in the image service.
Pixel Size	Pixel size of the data in the image service.
Bit Depth	Number of bits of the data in the image service.
Color Space	Defines the relationship between the bands of the pixel.
Process Weight	Weight given to the image service that defines the relative amount of processing required for each request.
Max. Number of Columns	Maximum number of columns of pixels allowed in a single data request to ArcGIS Image Server. The default is 15000.
Max. Number of Rows	Maximum number of rows of pixels allowed in a single data request to ArcGIS Image Server. The default is 4100.
Allowed Mosaic Methods	An image returned to the client can be created from a number of input rasters. The mosaic method defines how the mosaic is created from different rasters. Closest to Center—Enables rasters to be sorted based on a default order where rasters that have their centers closest to the view center are placed on top. Closest to Nadir—Enables rasters to be sorted by the distance between the nadir position and view center. This is similar to the Closest to Center method but uses the nadir point to a raster, which may be different from the center, especially for oblique imagery. Closest to Viewpoint—Orders rasters based on a user-defined location and nadir location for the rasters. By Attribute—Enables raster ordering based on a defined metadata attribute and its difference from a base value. Most Northwest—Enables raster ordering in a view-independent way, where rasters with their centers most northwest are displayed on top. Seamline—Cuts the raster using the predefined seamline shape for each raster using optional feathering along the seams. Lock Raster—Enables a user to lock the display of single or multiple rasters based on an ID or name.

Properties tab

Metadata tab—The following fields are available on the Metadata tab when the Service Info node is selected. These are typical metadata fields for an image service but can be redefined by the administrator.

Field	Description
Title	Title given to the image service.
Edition	Edition of the image service.
Identifier	Unique ID and version number of the image service.
Geographic Region	Description of the geographic region, for example, town, state, and country. This is used to assist clients in selecting an image service.
Pixel Unit	Descriptor of the value represented by the pixel, such as True Color, False Color, NDVI Legend, Radiance, Elevation in meters, and Elevation in feet.
Pixel Source	Descriptor of the source data from which the pixel values are obtained. This is generally the sensor type or the original source, such as aerial photography, scanned map, or Landsat.
Processing Summary	Summary of the processing applied by ArcGIS Image Server on raw data.
Abstract	Abstract describing the image service.
Purpose	Purpose of the image service.
Originator	Originator of the image service.
Publisher	Publisher of the image service.
Rights	Users/Owners with the rights to the data and image service.
Contact Org.	Contact organization.
Contact Per.	Person to contact for information about the image service.
Time Period Begin	Date and time when the first dataset in the image service was added.
Time Period End	Date and time when the last dataset in the image service was added.
Service Creation Time	Time when the image service was created.
Service Creation Date	Date when the image service was created.

Metadata tab

Image Returned node

The following fields are available when you click the Image Returned node on the Metadata tab:

Field	Description
X Minimum	Minimum x-coordinate
Y Minimum	Minimum y-coordinate
X Maximum	Maximum x-coordinate
Y Maximum	Maximum y-coordinate
Columns	Number of columns of pixels
Rows	Number of rows of pixels
Bands	Number of bands of the data
Bit Depth	Number of bits of the data
Color Space	Color space of the data
Pixel Type	Type of pixels
Transmit Size	The size of the image data in kilobytes transmitted to the client application
Compression Factor	The factor by which the image data is compressed before transmitting to the client application
Status	Any kind of error on the service provider, general failures, error in image service display

Image Returned properties

Server Process node

If you have processes applied to the image service, the Server Process node on the Metadata tab shows process metadata transmitted by ArcGIS Image Server. If there are no processes applied to the image service, no process metadata is transmitted and the nodes are blank. Also, if the administrator has chosen not to transmit the service process metadata, this display window is blank.

Source node

The Source node displays the information for each specific raster dataset, which is used to create the current image service display. The Source node does not appear if there are no rasters to display in the image service.

The following fields are available on the Information tab:

Field	Description
Raster Name	Name of the selected raster
Raster ID	Identification number given to the selected raster
Source	Source of the raster
Format Name	Format of the raster
Number of Bands	Number of bands in the raster
Bit Depth	Number of bits of the raster
Pixel Size	Pixel size of the raster
High Pixel Size	Defines the highest pixel sizes that the raster dataset contains
Low Pixel Size	Defines the lowest pixel sizes that the raster dataset contains

Information tab

The Metadata tab displays the metadata transmitted by the raster dataset. This is dependent on the raster source.

The Attributes tab displays the attribute information defining the raster dataset.

The Process tab displays the metadata of the processes applied to the raster datasets.