Automate raster/vector clipping using arcpy

Question

How could I go about creating a script that extracts landcover data for a specific state? I have a global landcover raster and a shp of US states. My end goal is to have the user type in a state and have it return a raster of landcover data for that state.

curtvprice · Answer

Here's an example: USGS provides NLCD tiled by state:

NLCD 2011 Land Cover (2011 Edition, amended 2014), by State: NLCD2011_LC_New_York - Data.gov

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

so having a pre-made product ready for shipping might be the route to go. If you have the capability to deliver it and in the desired format of course.

PatrickLandisch · Answer

The end goal is to have a tif file for whichever state the user wants landcover data for.