How to define and generate overviews on a Mosaic dataset

Defining and generating overviews on a Mosaic dataset

1. Create a define overview parameters object.
2. Use the IOverviewTileParameters interface to specify the overview factor used to generate overviews.
3. Use the Mosaic dataset operation interface to define overviews.
4. Create a generate overviews parameters object.
5. Set properties to control overview generation.
6. Use the Mosaic dataset operation interface to generate overviews.
   
   See the following code example:
   

[C#]

public void BuildOverviewsOnMD(IMosaicDataset theMosaicDataset)
{
    // The mosaic dataset operation interface is used to perform operations on 
    // a mosaic dataset.
    IMosaicDatasetOperation theMosaicDatasetOperation=(IMosaicDatasetOperation)
        (theMosaicDataset);

    // Create a define overview parameters object.
    IDefineOverviewsParameters defineOvArgs=new DefineOverviewsParametersClass();
    // Use the overview tile parameters interface to specify the overview factor
    // used to generate overviews.
    ((IOverviewTileParameters)defineOvArgs).OverviewFactor=3;
    // Use the mosaic dataset operation interface to define overviews.
    theMosaicDatasetOperation.DefineOverviews(defineOvArgs, null);

    // Create a generate overviews parameters object.
    IGenerateOverviewsParameters genPars=new GenerateOverviewsParametersClass();
    // Set properties to control overview generation.
    IQueryFilter genQuery=new QueryFilterClass();
    ((ISelectionParameters)genPars).QueryFilter=genQuery;
    genPars.GenerateMissingImages=true;
    genPars.GenerateStaleImages=true;
    // Use the mosaic dataset operation interface to generate overviews.
    theMosaicDatasetOperation.GenerateOverviews(genPars, null);
}

[VB.NET]

Public Sub BuildOverviewsOnMD(ByVal theMosaicDataset As IMosaicDataset)
    ' The mosaic dataset operation interface is used to perform operations on
    ' a mosaic dataset.
    Dim theMosaicDatasetOperation As IMosaicDatasetOperation =
    DirectCast((theMosaicDataset), IMosaicDatasetOperation)
    
    ' Create a define overview parameters object.
    Dim defineOvArgs As IDefineOverviewsParameters=New DefineOverviewsParametersClass()
    ' Use the overview tile parameters interface to specify the overview factor
    ' used to generate overviews.
    Dim overviewTileParam As IOverviewTileParameters=defineOvArgs
    overviewTileParam.OverviewFactor=3
    ' Use the mosaic dataset operation interface to define overviews.
    theMosaicDatasetOperation.DefineOverviews(defineOvArgs, Nothing)
    
    ' Create a generate overviews parameters object.
    Dim genPars As IGenerateOverviewsParameters=New GenerateOverviewsParametersClass()
    ' Set properties to control overview generation.
    Dim genQuery As IQueryFilter=New QueryFilterClass()
    Dim pSelParam As ISelectionParameters=genPars
    pSelParam.QueryFilter=genQuery
    genPars.GenerateMissingImages=True
    genPars.GenerateStaleImages=True
    ' Use the mosaic dataset operation interface to generate overviews.
    theMosaicDatasetOperation.GenerateOverviews(genPars, Nothing)
End Sub

See Also:

How to open a Mosaic dataset

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To use the code in this topic, reference the following assemblies in your Visual Studio project. In the code files, you will need using (C#) or Imports (VB .NET) directives for the corresponding namespaces (given in parenthesis below if different from the assembly name):

• ESRI.ArcGIS.DataSourcesRaster
• ESRI.ArcGIS.Geodatabase

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