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What's new in ArcGIS Image Server

ArcGIS Image Server 11.1 includes updates, enhancements, new tools, and improved functionality.

If you're upgrading from 11.0 or an earlier release to ArcGIS Image Server 11.1, you must reauthorise your software. You can obtain a new license file from My Esri.

Imagery content management

  • Supports exporting hosted imagery layer to tile package.
  • Vector field template—Now supports scientific raster types such as netCDF and GRIB in the Create imagery layer wizard.

Map Viewer Classic

See the following sections for updates on imagery display and raster analysis available for Map Viewer Classic.

Imagery layer

Raster Analysis

Raster analysis tools

The following tools are enhanced:

  • Distance Accumulation and Distance Allocation—The algorithm for horizontal and vertical factors was rewritten to be non-distorted instead of 8-directional. Performance was enhanced and space optimizations were made when calculating straight-line distance.
  • Find Argument Statistics—The Choose statistics type parameter has a new option, Argument of the value, which enables a Specify argument value parameter. Two additional parameters also become available, Comparison and Occurrence.

Raster functions

Raster functions can be launched from the Item Details page within the Content tab through the Open in Raster Function Editor button in addition to accessing the raster functions through the Raster Analysis button.

The following new raster function has been added:

  • Surface Parameters—Determines the parameters of a surface raster such as aspect, slope, and several types of curvatures using geodesic methods.

For existing functions, the following updates were made:

  • Distance Accumulation and Distance Allocation—The algorithm for horizontal and vertical factors was rewritten to be non-distorted instead of 8-directional. Performance was enhanced and space optimizations were made when calculating straight-line distance.

ArcGIS REST API

Raster function objects

The following new raster function object is added:

  • SurfaceParamFunction—Determines parameters of a raster surface such as aspect, slope, and several types of curvatures using geodesic methods.

Raster analysis tasks

The following raster analysis tasks have been enhanced:

  • DistanceAccumulation and DistanceAllocation—The algorithm for horizontal and vertical factors was rewritten to be non-distorted instead of 8-directional. Performance was enhanced and space optimizations were made when calculating straight-line distance.

ArcGIS API for Python

See the Release notes 2.1.0 for arcgis.raster module and submodule updates.