How can I, in a general way, rescale a raster in ArcGIS Model Builder

Question

What I want to do is rescale a few rasters from whatever they are now (i.e., values between -99 and +1000 OR -256 - +256 OR 0 - 3.23) to a normalised value (i.e. values between 0 and 1).

I would prefer to do it in model builder with standard tools, but I am not averse to writing a new one in Python.

Any info appreciated.

Answer 1

It likely depends on what version of ArcGIS you have. You need to find the minimum and maximum value of the grid. One trick, which works in any version, is to create a constant grid and use it as the zone for a zonal max and zonal min calculation. Now you have four grids: the constant (which you can throw away), another constant grid with the zonal (=global) max in every cell, a comparable min grid, and the original grid. Normalize the original grid with a linear change modeled after this one:

normalized = ([original] - [min]) / Float([max] - [min])

(Float may be needed to enforce rational division rather than integer division when the original grid is in integer format.)