Serve multiple representations of imagery processed on-the-fly.

Image extension broadens the capabilities of ArcGIS Server by enabling dynamic mosaicking and on-the-fly processing for large numbers of images. ArcGIS Server Image extension maximizes the value of your imagery through simplified data management, maintenance, and faster access times, making the full information content of your imagery accessible.

Advantages of ArcGIS Server Image Extension

ArcGIS Server Image extension provides the following benefits:

• Tremendously simplifies image management by allowing users to directly publish large image collections without pre-processing
• Dynamically mosaicks together images in different projections, formats, locations, and pixel sizes
• Fast, server-based processing enables on the fly creation of multiple image products from a single source
• Provides important service and image level metadata
• Effortless distribution serving very large volumes and number of rasters to a large range of client applications.

Note: At ArcGIS 9.3, ArcGIS Image Server became available as an extension to ArcGIS Server and is now known as ArcGIS Server Image Extension. ArcGIS Server Image extension is available for ArcGIS Server Standard and Advanced editions.