Referenced Mosaic Datasets: "Overviews"

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03-07-2012 07:41 AM
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PeterWilson
Occasional Contributor III
I've created a Base Imagery Geodatabase and I've started creating Mosaic Datasets based on custodian (i.e. DWA) and time slice (i.e. 2000). The idea is to load all the images based on a custodian and particular time slice into the Mosaic Dataset. I will then create a Referenced Mosiac Dataset from the Base Imagery using a specified extent for a particular project (i.e. LBVV). The problem that I have is that you can't create "Overviews" for a Referenced Mosaic Dataset. You can only create "Overviews" for  "Original Mosaic Datasets". This won't work for the particular workflow as the Base Imagery will be continuously changing as imagery becomes available. It makes far more sense that the "Overviews should be generated for the "Referenced Mosaic Datasets" as they will be based on the particular spatial extent defined. If I create "Overviews" on the Base Imagery and create a Referenced Mosaic Dataset based on a specified spatial extent the "Overview FootPrints" are selected even if it falls outside the specfied extent, hence this does not work. You should be able to generate Overviews for Referenced Mosaic Datasets.