Why is ArcPro renaming my raster files??

Question

I am working on a project where I am georeferencing raster images and then moving them to a "complete" folder. Sometimes, when I move the images, arcPro changes the name of the files and adds a "c" at the beginning. It also seems as if it has combined some of my files that have similar names. Does anybody know why it does this??

MervynLotter · Answer

I generally work with a file geodatabase or other files stored locally on my computer. I am unable to create a raster that begins with a number in either the a file geodatabase or a file stored on disk (like a TIFF file).

Similarly I am unable to create a feature class in a file geodatabase if the feature class begins with a number. Only if I export to a shapefile can the file begin with a number.

JessicaClements · Answer

Interesting. But it hasn't done this for other files? Those other file names, even though they also started with numbers, remained the same.

MervynLotter · Answer

I suspect you are using a number at the beginning of your raster name? If so Pro will add a letter "C" at the beginning of the name instead of throwing out an error.