Image coordinate systems

An image coordinate system defines the spatial reference in terms of a primary image. A primary image displayed in its own image coordinate system exhibits no distortions; other images and features can be projected to overlap with the primary image using its image coordinate system. Many imagery-centric workflows require displaying images in image coordinate systems instead of map coordinates (geographic or projected coordinate systems); for example, oblique images are distorted significantly when displayed in map coordinates but can be displayed nicely in a top-up view without distortions.

Only image services support image coordinate systems. To get an image's image coordinate system, use Raster ICS; to project geometries between a geographic or projected coordinate system and an image coordinate system, use Project. Image coordinate systems can be used in image service operations when spatial reference or geometry parameters are needed.

Syntax
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{
  "icsid": <icsid> //an ics id is the objectid of the image in a mosaic dataset.
}

Example
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{
  "icsid": 9,
}

Syntax
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{
  "ics": <ics> //the full ics json, which include transformations and map spatial reference information and specific to each image.
}

Example
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{
  "ics": {
    "name": "AMD_MAMD_CAT\\Raster.OBJECTID = 9",
    "alias":"",
    "abbreviation":"",
    "remarks":"",
    "geodataXform": {
      "xf_0": {
        "polynomialOrder":1,
        "spatialReference": {"wkid":null},
        "coeffX":[9623.012693429835,-0.9999999999964793,-2.6535897933527304E-6],
        "coeffY":[9566.987232235868,2.6535897933527304E-6,-0.9999999999964793],
        "inverseCoeffX":[9623.012693429835,-0.9999999999964793,-2.6535897933527304E-6],
        "inverseCoeffY":[9566.987232235868,2.6535897933527304E-6,-0.9999999999964793],
        "name":"",
        "type":"PolynomialXform"
      },
      "xf_1": {
        "spatialReference":{"wkid":null},
        "coefficients":[1,0,0,0,1,-9567],
        "cellsizeRatio":0,
        "type":"GeometricXform"
      },
      "xf_2": {
        "spatialReference":{"wkid":54004,"latestWkid":54004},
        "constantZ":355.956,
        "ZFactor":1,
        "ZOffset":0,
        "correctGeoid":false,
        "requireDEM":false,
        "interiorOrientation": {
          "polynomialOrder":1,
          "spatialReference":{"wkid":null},
          "coeffX":[-122009.1743773452,25.00342950222755,-0.0022927308709069037],
          "coeffY":[120345.98809819827,0.004618452740478162,24.9975640326764],
          "inverseCoeffX":[4879.256039082114,0.0399945128715,3.6682236000000004E-6],
          "inverseCoeffY":[-4815.210096242967,-7.3892307E-6,0.0400038972498],
          "name":"",
          "type":"PolynomialXform"
        },
        "konrady":true,
        "konradyParameters":[-1.2603314589834097E-5,1.6224555868275652E-15,-3.6421117033555566E-26,0,0],
        "konradyType":"esriRasterKonradyESRI",
        "curvatureAndRefraction":true,
        "earthRadius":6378137,
        "averageZ":355.956,
        "principalPoint":{"x":-7,"y":-9},
        "focalLength":153643,
        "polarity":-1,
        "sensorPosition":{"x":4490522.42482,"y":5479087.21653,"z":1124.11318},
        "exteriorOrientation":[-0.02457152019,-0.999287714912,0.028640936125,0.999696909733,-0.024517669223,0.002229925319,-0.001526127978,0.028687047991,0.999587276935],
        "clockwise":true,
        "type":"FrameXform"
      },
      "requireDEM":false,
      "type":"CompositeXform"
    },
    "extent":{"xmin":4489902.49613457,"ymin":5478442.107347395,"xmax":4491127.765586247,"ymax":5479675.116981766},
    "nativeExtent":{"xmin":-0.5,"ymin":-0.5,"xmax":9623.5,"ymax":9567.5},
    "dx":1,
    "dy":1,
    "type":"ImageCoordinateSystem"
  }
}