Raster describe strings should match tool parameters

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05-24-2017 11:32 AM
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Greg_Yetman
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The values returned from the raster and raster band describe properties should match the strings expected as inputs for working with rasters in GeoProcessing tools. For example:

desc = arcpy.Describe(tiff)

desc.pixelType

Returns the string 'U32', which does not match what is needed in, for instance, the CopyRasterManagement_tool. The string to set the bit depth to U32 is "32_BIT_UNSIGNED", which requires creating a lookup in one way or another rather than using the output of Describe as input to a GeoProcessing tool. 

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KoryKramer

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