Create a Reality mapping workspace from a mosaic dataset

Available with Standard or Advanced license.

Available for an ArcGIS organization with the ArcGIS Reality license.

If you have an existing mosaic dataset for managing drone, digital aerial, or satellite imagery data, you can improve the data accuracy and generate Reality mapping products. This is done by creating a Reality mapping workspace from an existing mosaic dataset.

The following are example use cases for this workflow:

• You have a mosaic dataset for managing drone or digital aerial data that has been block adjusted, and you want to use Reality mapping tools to edit ground control points (GCPs), refine the adjustment, and generate products.
• You have a collection of block-adjusted images, and you want to use Reality mapping tools to generate derived products such a digital surface model (DSM), digital terrain model (DTM), true ortho, DSM mesh, high fidelity point cloud, and a 3D mesh.

Create a Reality mapping workspace

To create a Reality Mapping workspace from an existing mosaic dataset, complete the following steps.

1. On the Imagery tab, click New Workspace.
2. On the Workspace Configuration page, provide a name for the workspace.
3. Ensure that Workspace Type is set to Reality Mapping.
4. From the Sensor Data Type drop-down list, choose a type that matches the data managed by the mosaic dataset.

   Scenario Type is automatically set based on the Sensor Data Type value selected. It is recommended that you do not change this setting.

   Optionally, if Sensor Data Type is set to Aerial - Digital, adjust the Forward Overlap and Sideward Overlap values if required.

5. Optionally, set the Parallel Processing Factor value of the workspace. The default value of 50% means that half of the total CPU cores will be used to support Reality mapping processing.
6. Check the Import and use existing image collection check box, and click Next.

   

7. On the Import Data page, set the mosaic dataset as the input for Image Collection.
8. If the mosaic dataset has already been adjusted, check the This image collection is adjusted check box.
9. Optionally, if the adjusted mosaic dataset has the corresponding processing data, define the Control Points, Solution Points, Solution Table, Solution DSM, and Solution DTM inputs.

   These can be left blank, but certain operations will not be available, such as generating the adjustment report, performing a block adjustment, or interpolating a DEM from solution points using the DEMs wizard.

10. Click Finish.