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How can I overlay a Vector Layer on a Raster Layer and assign NoData Values on the Raster where the Vector Layer does not cover the Raster Layer?

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What you are describing can be accomplished using Extract by Mask. For example, the image on the left shows raster imagery with a polygon overlay. The image to the right shows the result of the extract by mask operation. By default, ArcGIS assigns NoData pixels as no-color. For display purposes, I reassigned the NoData pixel color from no-color to black via: Layer Properties > Symbology > Display NoData as "Black".

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1- reclassify raster and use nodata in reclassify 2- convert reclassified raster to vector ( name = x) 3- clip the vector layer with x : the result is Nodata in vector layer ( vector y) 4- Erase vector layer with vector y : the result is vector layer without Nodata location.

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I am sorry. Either I misunderstand your steps or I was not specific enough in my question. What I want in the end is a Raster Layer only having values for the area covered by the vector layer. – user1738154 Mar 20 at 22:50

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