Imagery Group
Imagery Group feature of GISBox supports merging multiple imagery services into a single service. When a tile for this aggregated service is requested, the system searches for the tile sequentially within the imagery group. If the tile exists, it is returned; if not, the search continues to the next imagery service.
The generated imagery Group can be viewed in the “Group” in the “Service” interface, as shown in the following figure:
1. Add Imagery Group Service
First, click the “Add” button in the upper right corner to create a imagery group.
In the pop-up “Add Imagery Group”, select the local imagery group data file, as shown in the following figure:
Select the imagery service to be added to the group. The imagery service here can be added in “Imagery”. (Click to view the General Imagery tutorial)
After adding, the name of the added imagery service will be displayed in the Group Members, as shown in the following figure:
Then click the **”Add” **button, and the corresponding imagery group service will be generated in the imagery group.
2. Manage Imagery Group Services
2.1 Configuration Item Description
| Configuration item | Description |
|---|---|
| ID | Each added model group will have its own ID and will be sorted in the order of release time. The earlier the release time, the larger the ID. |
| Service Name | The default service name is the name set when adding the model group. |
| Streaming Date | Indicates the time when the model group was released. |
| File Path | The model collection has no file path, so it is displayed as “***“. |
| Service Address | The service address generated by GISBox can be applied to GIS platforms such as Cesium, and can also be applied to some digital twin project building platforms, such as Wings Engine. |
2.2 Search Imagery Group
You can enter the name of the group service in the search bar to search.
2.3 Edit Imagery Group
Move the mouse to the imagery group that needs to be edited, and then right-click to edit it.
In “Group Name”, you can rename the service, and then click the “Yes” to complete the renaming, as shown in the following figure:
Click “Add Member” to add a new imagery service to the imagery group service.
You can delete an imagery service by selecting it on the left and clicking the “Delete Selected” button in the upper right corner, or by clicking the “Delete” button on the right side of the imagery service.
2.4 Preview Imagery Group
Click the “Preview” button to open and view the imagery service in the browser, as shown in the following figure:
The imagery service opened in the browser is shown below:
2.5 Delete Service
Select the imagery group service you want to delete, and then click the “Delete” button to delete the selected imagery group service.
2.6 Refresh Service
When a new imagery group service is added but is not displayed in the “Imagery Group” interface, you can click the “Refresh” button in the upper right corner to load the newly added imagery group service.
3. Use Service Address
The generated service address can be applied to GIS platforms such as Cesium, and can also be applied to some digital twin project building platforms, such as Wings Engine.
First, click the “Copy” button to copy the service address, as shown below:
Open Wings Engine and click the “New” button in the upper left corner to create a new project.
Click GIS on the left, select “GIS Blank”, enter the project name, and finally click the “Create” button.
After the project is successfully created, it will be automatically opened, as shown below:
Click GIS Service on the left, select “Image”, and click “+” to open the pop-up window for importing imagery, as shown below:
Select “URL” as the import type, paste the copied service address into the input field.
In “Advanced Settings”, you can select the corresponding coordinate system and maximum level of detail, set the number of level 0 tiles and longitude and latitude limits, and finally click the “Import” button.
You can see the imported imagery in the “GIS layer” of the component layer, as shown below:
