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Creating a Mosaic

Use the Create New Mosaic button in the toolbar to create a mosaic. The mosaic options that you can select depend on the mosaic format that you select.

1. Click the Create New Mosaic button in the toolbar.

   The Create New Mosaic dialog box appears.

2. Select the mosaic type. You can select either Raster or LiDAR.

3. Click Browse to select the directory where you want to save the mosaic, and enter a file name for the mosaic.

   If the mosaic is a LiDAR mosaic, click OK.

4. For raster mosaics, select the mosaic output format that you want to use in the Format drop-down.

   For more information on mosaic formats, see Mosaic Output Formats.

5. Optionally for raster mosaics, select Enable multiresolution mosaicking to create a mosaic from input files with different image resolutions.

   For more information, see Multiresolution Mosaics.

6. Optionally for raster mosaics, select Allow multiple projection systems to create a mosaic from input files with different projection systems.

   For more information, see Mosaics with Multiple Projection Systems.

7. For raster MrSID mosaics, select the flat or composite mosaic option. For NITF mosaics, select the mosaic option for single or multiple image segments.

   For more information, see Mosaic Output Formats.

8. Click OK.

   The Select tiles dialog box opens.

9. Select one or more images that you want to add to the mosaic and click Open.

NOTE: Because images with different compression types and color lookup tables can be combined when multiple images are joined together, color lookup table information may not be reported for image mosaics.