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What to do when raster cell size is larger than zonal vector feature in order to collect statistics?

I am trying to extract the mean cell values for a raster dataset based on a survey grid polygon feature using ArcINFO 10.4. The cell size of the raster dataset is about 4 times the size of the survey ...
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How to convert Rotated Polar grid raster to Non Rotated Polar Raster?

I have a RCM data which is in rotated Polar system , I want it to convert into non-rotated polar RCM. How can i do this things ? Please give some guidance
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value field name after raster to polygon conversion

When I perform Raster to polygon conversion using tool, sometimes it creates a field named "GRIDCODE", sometimes the field name is "grid_code". Why does it create random name of a field?
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Raster to polygon conversion's raster field takes only “Value”

Recently I am working with raster data and arcobjects.net. Here I find something new for me. And here some question arises in my mind. I tried to search some document that can satisfy my mind, but I ...
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Field added to raster data is not visible in attribute table

I am new to raster data and my background is software engineering so this might be a trivial question for GIS specialists. Some raster files have attribute table but some do not. On those with ...
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Can a single raster pixel hold more than one value?

I am a newbie with raster data. Maybe this is a trivial question. Can a single pixel of a raster hold more than one value?
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Why is Orthorectify button not active in Image Analysis Windows in ArcGIS10?

I wanted to Ortho rectify GeoEye HR imagery using existing RPC and IFSAR DTM in Image Analysis. According to ArcGIS Resource center ...
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How to calculate volume from a raster file?

I have a raster file containing the depth of water. I need to find the volume of water using that raster file. I need to find the area of each cell and multiply with the depth. How can I do it in ...
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How to calculate the shared area between a raster and a shape file in ArcGIS 10?

I have a raster file with 5 classifications developed from habitat modelling algorithms. I'd like to know how much of 2 classes of the raster is covered by the network of protected areas (Shape file). ...
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Copy and Paste symbology in Raster?

Hi all, I am trying to figure it out how can I take a preserved color from a raster I already set up before and then apply the colormap to a new raster file? Here are the details of what occurred: ...
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“Extract by Mask” changing raster pixel values…or not?

I am using ArcMap 10.0 and am confused by my Extract by Mask output rasters. I hope to eliminate the black background from three Landsat ER Mapper images so that I can mosaic them. Originally I ...
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Where is the File Geodatabase Raster Dataset file stored?

I have a esri file geodatabase with a raster dataset. How can I find out which physical file the dataset is referring to? (I am retrieving the file geodatabase through the internet. It all seems to ...
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Differences between Raster Dataset, Raster Catalog, and Raster Mosaic

I have about 40 scanned, colorful Geology maps that are GeoTiffs. I want to bring them into an Esri FileGeodatabase to lower their size, combine them as one and display them with a mostly transparent ...
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How to assign new values to a raster attribute table - by comparing two fields?

I have created a new raster from two raster datasets using combine operation in ArcGIS. The new attribute table has two fields from the input rasters. What I need is, to compare these two fields and ...
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how to convert grid from Saga gis to have raster in Arcgis?

i am new in Saga Gis, i created grid- LS factor (from Rusle equation for erosis) in Saga gis and now i need to "put" it to Arcgis. How can i do this? I tried a lot of possibilities and none of them ...
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How to calculate the flood volume using a LiDAR DEM and a HEC-RAS floodplain polygon

I’ve got a vexing GIS analysis problem which is conceptually fairly straightforward, but in reality more challenging to figure out…. Basically, I need to calculate the VOLUME of floodwater within a ...
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Calculating distance from points to different class in raster

I am looking for some advice on how to calculate the distance from a point to a different class of a raster. Specifically, I have observations (points) of animal use overlaid on land cover data. For ...
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How to count and rasterize polygon overlaps in ArcGIS?

How do you take a vector layer with overlapping polygons and turn it into a raster where each cell counts the number of polygons containing that cell? We are looking at polygons of fire burn areas ...
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Getting 2147483647 and -2147483647 as min and max output for point to raster, polygon to raster, and feature to raster tools

No matter which feature to raster tool I use (feature to raster, point to raster, or polygon to raster), I am getting a raster output whose min and max values are 2147483647 and -2147483647, ...
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Why is Format of output data grayed out on Save As dialog for Rectify?

I started georeferencing and I could not save my new "rectify" file, I don't know if is because of the raster or I did something wrong. Then I find out that my control layer is not accurate, it ...
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ArcGIS Raster Symbology - Break contour at 0

In ArcGIS 10, how can I break raster symbology (stretched) at a particular value (i.e. 0). For example, I have a DEM representing both topography and bathymetry and I want a break at the 0 m contour ...
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Saving rasters in a Python for loop fails only on last iteration

I'm a newcomer to Python scripting and I'm having what's seemingly a very simple problem but one that's stumped me enough to send me posting to these forums for the first time. I'm using a for loop ...
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jagged edges in mosaic DEM

I encounter edge issues when trying to mosaic USGS NED DEMs in ArcGIS 10.0.0. After projection and aggregation, I attempt arcpy.MosaicToNewRaster_management(). I've reproduced the same results using ...
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parallelization of raster mosaic

I would like to create a raster mosaic of the national USGS NED 30m DEM (~50 GB). I'd like to leverage parallel processing using python multiprocessing module where possible. I'm using ArcGIS 10.0. My ...
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Difference between Geostatistical analysis and Spatial analysis tool for interpolation

I did interpolation on point data using "Geostatistical Analyst" tool. It gives me surface layer. Then I exported this layer into raster image (by right click on this layer=>export data into raster) ...
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Question about sizes of input rasters for raster calculation

To calculate any formula (conditional statements/relational operation etc) in the raster calculator in ArcGIS using two different sources of raster images, I'd like to know input rasters must be the ...
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How to reclassify a very large land cover dataset?

Consider the NLCD2001 Land Cover dataset for Alaska (download link). I need to reclassify this dataset so that only pixels of value 41, 42, and 43 are preserved; all other pixel values should become ...
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Calculating “relative slope” per Mora-Vahrson method in ArcGIS

I'm a longtime lurker who finally decided to register on the forum (in no way driven by my need to have a certain question answered, of course...). I was contacted by a colleague asking for help ...
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What are the characteristics of a raster to Netcdf layer in ArcMap?

Specifically, when trying to edit the attribute table? This is would be for work purely in ArcMap, and converting raster to Netcdf. I have a land cover layer (that I've converted to a raster to ...
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Trying to run raster calcuatlor to build an expression for ls factor

I am trying to run a raster calcuatlor but it failed. I believe there is a word that ArcGIS 10 does not understand resolution. Maybe there is a word that needs to be interchangable for this ? I took ...
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How to repair broken Mosaic Dataset data sources?

I have a question. My computer has been replaced with a new Xeon Workstation. Before that, I had a temporary workstation and had ArcGIS 10 on it. While I was waiting for the new workstation to be ...
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Annoying little line in color ramp legends - how do I remove it?

This was never a problem with ArcGIS 9 but it appears that in 10.0 Esri has added small horizontal lines as the default when including color ramps in legends. I want to get rid of these annoying ...
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Creating Isolines from point Data

I'm quite new with ArcGis 10 so I’m having difficulties with something that may be simple to some. Anyway I have a list of bores that I’ve plotted using coordinates. Now I need to draw a single ...
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Extract raster by mask output does not completely overlap the mask

I have a flow accumulation grid and a shapefile containing catchment areas. Now I want to do some calculations on them so I need to extract data from cells in the raster adjacent to certain catchment ...
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Smoothing raster features into polygon

I have raster data representing urbanized areas, which I'd like to trace and convert to a polygon. Using ArcMap's Raster to Polygon tool, I'm able to get something close to that. Unsimplified: ...
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joining a table from zonal statistics as table with a layer, problem with reserved names

I have a raster file (percentage of total forest killed) and a shapefile with polygons (municipalities). I thought as a first step I would like to find out which municipality shows the greatest ...
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Polygon to Raster Tool Problem

I am trying to create a raster data set from county level polygon data for the US. I have successfully created one raster from a dataset, but when attempting another, it does not work. I am ...
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How to get easting & northing of cell in raster using ArcPy?

It might be very simple task. But I would appreciate if someone can comment on How I can get easting and northing of a single cell raster using arcpy as this value is used for in further steps. ...
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How do you use GIS to detect percentage of Land Use Change

I am a student in GIS I have a dissertation about land use change. I have questions about using ArcMap 10 for this aim, how can using GIS to detect the percentage of land use change. For example we ...
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How to enclose clustered points with polygon?

I have a raster with forest (1), no forest (2) data. "1" is represent single/few trees and there is gaps between them. I want to create a polygon around these trees to a forest map. It is not a dense ...
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zonal histogram fails to create output table when looping

Using python I'm having problems when trying to attempt a FOR LOOP with the ZonalHistogram function of ArcGIS 10.1. It works fine if I use it only for one image but it gives me this error while for ...
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Export selected raster cells to polygon

I have selected certain values in a raster (roughly 1000 cells), and would like to export them to be able to create a polygon. Converting it to points first then to polygons does not work. Can anyone ...
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Reclassify ESRI raster using variables from a SQL Server table (connecting with pyodbc)

I am trying to reclass a raster file (representing vegetation and land cover types) using values stored in a SQL Server Express table. I have a set of ~400 species records in the table, with each row ...
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Corrupted rasters after import into ArcGIS FGDB

I have been seeing a number of corrupted rasters recently after importing them into file geodatabases (FGDB). The image below left shows a .tif prior to the import, while the image to the right shows ...
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How do I add TIFF files to one layer/raster catalog?

We have several TIFF images (already tagged with position information) we want to load as a single layer into the map. It's the first time I dig into this raster/topology thing, but at least I managed ...
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NoData values recognised in raster in ArcGIS but not following symbology rules

I have a GeoTIFF raster in ArcGIS, which can be downloaded from the following two links: http://www.rtwilson.com/downloads/MODIS_MOD04_16-06-2006_Subset.tfw ...
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Creating a constant elevation raster with multiple attributes

Is it possible to create a raster with a constant value with multiple attributes? Such as: rowid value count Name 1 630 36000 Forest 2 630 75000 Anthro 3 630 2600 ...
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Best method to aggregate 1m DEM mosaic to 10m DEM

I have a mosaic of a 1m LiDar derived DEM. I need to output a subset of the data as a 10m DEM. I am currently using the aggregate tool in ARCGIS 10 to produce a mean value for each new 10m pixel. ...
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Raster processing with Python or Arc raster calculator

I have 4-band NAIP imagery that require the following processing steps: Convert to 8 bit unsigned B/W Reverse (note not inverse) the image, so that dark values appear light and light values appear ...
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Image does not display after clipping raster

I am using ArcGIS 10. I am trying to clip an NLCD layer from a vector polygon. I have used the Clip Raster tool in Data Management and Extract by Mask tool in Spatial Analyst among other things. My ...

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