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| Subject: | Re: GISList: Working with large rasters ~100Gb and GIS |
| Date: |
03/17/2003 10:17:18 AM |
| From: |
Jayachandran Mani |
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hi, In my experience with Aerial photographic mosaic, most of the digital photogrammetry softwares failed in handling a 1 + GB image file. It took more than 20 min for opening the file to have a glimpse. In photoshop we are not even able to open the file.
All the best for ur work.
Jay --- Bannerman Bruce <BRUBAN@melbourne.vic.gov.au> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Apologies for cross-posting. > > > I'm interested in finding real world experiences > when working with large > raster images of approximately 100 Gb. > > I'm not interested in claims by vendors. > > > We are about to receive a series of raster images > (24bit, TIF 6 format). > These images have been derived from aerial > photography and are >0.1m > resolution. > > When combined they will form an orthophoto mosaic > that is ~100 Gb. > > *Ideally*, I'd like to manage this data as a single > image for ease of use by > novice users and for data management purposes. > > As we have business requirements that demand high > resolution, I'd prefer not > to compress the image with a lossy format such as > ECW or MrSid. > > > Our GIS environment is ESRI based. ArcGIS 8.3, > ArcSDE 8.3, ArcIMS 4.0.1. > Novice GIS users have access to corporate spatial > data via a browser. We > have no intention of adopting an alternate GIS. > > > Our preferred solution is to manage the raster data > via ArcSDE. > Unfortunately, I'm finding it difficult to find an > organisation that has > experience working with data similar to ours. > > An alternate solution if ArcSDE proves not to be > viable is to use ERMapper's > Image Web Server, despite the data loss issues. > > > Does anyone have any real world experiences when > working with large ~100 Gb > raster data and GIS that they would be willing to > share? > > In particular I'm interested in response times > experienced by end users. > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > > Regards, > > Bruce Bannerman > GIS Strategy Officer > City of Melbourne > Australia > > > ======================================== > > IMPORTANT: > > This e-mail message and any attachments are > confidential and may contain copyright material of > Melbourne City Council (MCC) or third parties. It > is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity named. If you are not the intended recipient, > any dissemination, copying or use of the information > is strictly prohibited. > > Please check this e-mail for undetected viruses > before opening. MCC's liability for the transmission > of viruses is limited to the re-supply of the e-mail > and any attachments or to the costs of such > re-supply. > > MCC policy expressly forbids the dissemination of > offensive or inappropriate material by e-mail. > > If you receive this e-mail in error or in breach of > these conditions, please advise Melbourne City > Council by e-mail to enquiries@melbourne.vic.gov.au > or by telephone on (03)9658 9658, then delete the > e-mail immediately. > > > > To unsubscribe, write to > gislist-unsubscribe@geocomm.com > ________________________________________________________________________ > GeoCommunity GeoBids - less than $1 per day! > Get Access to the latest GIS & Geospatial Industry > RFPs and bids > http://www.geobids.com > > Online Archive of GISList (and numerous others) > available at: > http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/community/lists/ > > Setup a GeoCommunity Account and have access to > the GISDataDepot DRG & DOQQ Catalog > http://www.geocomm.com/login.php >
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