A class that specifies an image to read from an ArcGIS server image service.
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
This object is new at ArcGIS 9.3.
Interfaces
| Interfaces | Description |
|---|---|
| IGeoImageDescription | Provides access to members that control an image description. |
| IGeoImageDescription2 | Provides access to members that control an image description. |
| IPersist | Defines the single method GetClassID, which is designed to supply the CLSID of an object that can be stored persistently in the system. IPersist is the base interface for three other interfaces: IPersistStorage, IPersistStream, and IPersistFile. |
| IPersistStream (esriSystem) | |
| IXMLSerialize (esriSystem) | Provides access to members that XML serialize and deserialize an object to/from XML. |
| IXMLVersionSupport (esriSystem) | Provides access to members that help in serializing an object to different namespaces (versions). |
Remarks
GeoImageDescription specifies an image to fetch from an image service, including spatial reference, pixel size, extent, compression and quality, NoData (background) value, band selection, and etc.
New at 9.4, a mosaic rule can be used to specify how mosaic should be performed if more than one images involved within the requested area of interest.
New at 9.4, a rendering rule can be used to define how rendering should be done on the raw pixels. For example, a hillshade rendering rule can be used to generate a hillshaded image from float-point elevation data.