How to Apply a Stretch to Multiple Rasters?

Question

In ArcGIS 10.0, how can I apply a stretch, which I would normally do by selecting 2 standard deviations in the "Symbology" tab of Layer Properties, to 200 rasters simultaneously?

Answer 1

1. create a raster catalog in arccatalog
2. import your rasters in raster catalog
3. in arcmap go to properties of your raster catalog
4. symbology . you can select standard deviation for all of rasters

Answer 2

You can use the following tool in arcgis:

(1) Batch Calculate Statistics (Data Management) http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//0017000000m0000000

or the following in arcpy script:

(2) Calculate Statistics (Data Management) http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//0017000000m3000000

Thanks,

Meryloo