{"id":179251,"date":"2012-07-24T23:36:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T06:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=179251"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T19:06:34","slug":"displaying-imagery-with-appropriate-band-name-labels","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/imagery\/displaying-imagery-with-appropriate-band-name-labels","title":{"rendered":"Displaying imagery with appropriate band name labels"},"author":4071,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22931],"tags":[25421,23011],"industry":[],"product":[36991],"class_list":["post-179251","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imagery","tag-mosaic-dataset","tag-raster","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"At 10.1, ArcGIS is more knowledgeable about the names of bands in the supported satellite imagery.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

At\u00a010.1, ArcGIS\u00a0is more knowledgeable about the names of bands in the supported satellite imagery. You may have noticed this if you\u2019ve added such an image to your map document by selecting the raster product in the Catalog window and dragging it to the display. When you do this, you don\u2019t see Band_1 as the label for the name in the table of contents for the first band. You will probably see Red as the label.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>This information comes from the key metadata that\u2019s collected from the image metadata. If you open the layer properties, you\u2019ll see a new tab \u201cKey Metadata\u201d with information about the image, such as the band names, their wavelengths, the sensor, the acquisition date, and other information.<\/p>\n

But what if you have an ortho photo or some other image, that doesn\u2019t contain the metadata that is provided with satellite imagery?\u00a0 Well, by defining the Product Definition on a mosaic dataset, you can manage your collection of imagery and add information identifying each band name.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re creating a new mosaic dataset, you can choose the product definition on the\u00a0Create Mosaic Dataset tool<\/a>. If you already have a mosaic dataset, you can choose a product definition from the default list on the Properties dialog box, using the steps below:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Right-click the mosaic dataset in the Catalog window and click Properties.<\/li>\n
  2. Click the General tab and scroll to the bottom.<\/li>\n
  3. Click Edit next to the Product Definition.<\/li>\n
  4. Click the Product Definition and choose one, then close your dialog boxes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Now when you display your mosaic dataset or check the Key Metadata tab on the Properties dialog box, you will see the bands labeled accordingly.<\/p>\n

    If you don\u2019t see a product definition that matches your data, then you can create a custom one.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. On the Product Definition dialog box, choose CUSTOM.<\/li>\n
    2. Click the Plus button to add a row for each band in your mosaic dataset.<\/li>\n
    3. Click in each row to enter the information that applies to your dataset.<\/li>\n
    4. Click OK to close the dialog boxes and apply the information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

      If you don\u2019t know the wavelengths, that\u2019s OK. However, if you enter the wavelengths, ArcGIS will use them to determine the right bands to use when display a natural color image and to determine the correct bands to use in some processing, such as NDVI.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4071,"user_firstname":"Melanie","user_lastname":"Harlow","nickname":"mharlow","user_nicename":"mharlow","display_name":"Melanie Harlow","user_email":"mharlow@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:15:40","user_description":"","user_avatar":""}],"related_articles":"","card_image":false,"wide_image":false},"yoast_head":"\nDisplaying imagery with appropriate band name labels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/imagery\/displaying-imagery-with-appropriate-band-name-labels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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