hosted imagery layer

A hosted imagery layer is a hosted layerA hosted layer is an item in a portal that contains the properties and settings for a hosted data service or a layer in a hosted data service.Learn more (item) in a portalArcGIS portal, also known as a portal, is a website with applications and tools that can be used to create, manage, access, and share geospatial content and data. It supports security and authentication, developer credentials, content and data service management, user and group management, and site administration. A portal can be hosted in Esri's infrastructure or your own infrastructure.Learn more that is used to manage the properties and settings of a image serviceData services, also known as hosted data services, are services created dynamically to store and provide access to your data in ArcGIS. Examples are feature services, vector tile services, map tile services, image services, and scene services.Learn more. It is accessible through an item pageAn item page is a web page in ArcGIS Online or the developer dashboard used to access and manage the properties for an item and the content it references such as a web map, hosted layer, or file.Learn more. A hosted imagery layer is created using ArcGIS portal or ArcGIS Pro to import existing raster data in formats such as GeoTIFF, IMG, DTED, and SID. Client applications can use a hosted imagery layer (item) to display a dynamically created image from an image service. It is also used as input for raster analysis operations.