

Then select the BIP images as input to the Seamless Mosaic tool. If you will create a mosaic of hyperspectral images, use the Convert Interleave tool to convert each input image to band-interleaved-by-pixel (BIP) format. Processes such as color balancing and feathering will alter the data values, which can compromise the integrity of spectral and scientific analysis.Creating a mosaic of hyperspectral images is generally not recommended because: When working with hyperspectral data, keep in mind that the Seamless Mosaic tool was designed to create an image or map presentation from three bands of data (typically red/green/blue). The Reproject GLT with Bowtie Correction tool removes bowtie artifacts from MODIS and NPP VIIRS imagery. The following tools remove visual artifacts from legacy instruments: Replace Bad Lines and MSS Deskew.Consider creating and applying a mask to exclude these pixels.

If you do not trim the bad pixels prior to using the data in Seamless Mosaic, you can get unexpected results when applying feathering and adding seamlines.

Complex data can be provided as input.You can also use this tool to re-arrange bands so that their order is consistent among different scenes. If necessary, create a spectral subset of a scene so that the number of bands matches that of the other scenes. However, wavelengths can vary slightly among the scenes so that (for example) you can mosaic IKONOS and QuickBird imagery. Each scene must have the same number of bands and the same data type.The Seamless Mosaic tool has some requirements and limitations to be aware of regarding input data: You can also write a script to create a seamless mosaic using the BuildMosaicRaster task. To create a simple mosaic with no color balancing or edge feathering, see Create Quick Mosaics. This workflow lets you apply color balancing and edge feathering to create a high-quality mosaic. You can either clip the input rasters prior to using this tool, or clip the output of this tool.Use the Seamless Mosaic workflow to mosaic georeferenced images into one image. If you want a specific extent for your output raster, consider using the Clip tool. This tool does not honor the Output extent environment setting for enterprise geodatabases. If an improper colormap mode is chosen, your output may not be as expected. In this situation, use the Mosaic tool for rasters with different color maps however, you must choose the proper Mosaic Colormap Mode parameter value. When mosaicking with raster datasets containing color maps, it is important to note differences across the color maps for each raster dataset you mosaic. The GIF format only supports single-band raster datasets. When storing a raster dataset to a JPEG format file, a JPEG 2000 format file, or a geodatabase, you can specify a Compression Type value and a Compression Quality value in the geoprocessing environments. You can save your output to BIL, BIP, BMP, BSQ, DAT, Esri Grid, GIF, IMG, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, or a geodatabase raster dataset. If you do not set the pixel type, the 8-bit default will be used and your output may be incorrect. You must set the pixel type to match your existing input raster datasets. The Mosaic tool has more parameters available when combining datasets into an existing raster, such as options to ignore background and NoData values. The inputs must have the same number of bands and same bit depth otherwise, the tool will exit with an error message. The input raster datasets are all the raster datasets you would like to mosaic together.
