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Overview

Imagery (basemaps)

The Imagery Basemap uses custom tools to create and populate a mosaic dataset with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Controlled Image Base (CIB) and lower resolution data. That mosaic dataset can then be published as a cached image service and used as a basemap for desktop, mobile, and web applications.

Each basemap is provided as an ArcMap document organized around the ArcGIS Online/Bing Maps/Google Maps tiling scheme. The data frame in each map document is reprojected to the Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere Projection, but the source data is maintained in its local projection.

Requirements

The Imagery Basemap requires specific technical experience, software, and data. Minimum system requirements for the ArcGIS Platform can be found on the Support website.

Imagery Basemap is supported on ArcGIS 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3.

Requirement Description
Experience
  • Using mosaic datasets in ArcGIS for Desktop
  • Using geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS for Desktop
  • Publishing GIS services
  • Administering ArcGIS Online groups and organizing content
Software
Data
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Controlled Image Base (CIB) and other smaller scale image data

What you get

The Imagery Basemap tools are a subset of the Data Management tools; you will only need the toolbox listed below to complete the steps described in this template:

Directory Item Description
toolboxes Imagery Basemap Tools_10.3.tbx A toolbox containing the imagery basemap tools

What's new

Below are the release notes for Imagery Basemap. If you need support, please contact Esri Support Services. If you'd like to get help from other military and intelligence community members, post your question on GeoNet.

Version Description
4.0.0
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
3.0.0
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.2.
2.0.0
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.1.
1.0.0
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.0.

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