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ArcGIS 10 - selecting attributes from multiple bands

KathSund — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:15:53 GMT

I would like to know the syntax for arcpy.sa or Raster Calculator to select the following:

1. Band_1 from a raster where the Value is something specific. Do I use ExtractByAttributes? If so, what is the syntax to choose Band_1 from a multiband raster?
2. Select from a combination of all three rasters like "Band_1","Value = 112"; "Band_2, "Value = 115"; "Band_3","Value = 5". I have no idea of the syntax for this.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//009z00000029000000.htm explains that you can use multiband rasters, but doesn't explain the syntax to do this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

KS

Re: ArcGIS 10 - selecting attributes from multiple bands

CharlesMorton — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:47:33 GMT

In a python script using arcpy, to select a single band from a multi-band raster, just append "\\Layer_X" onto the path name. For example, my multi-band raster is "D:\\temp\\test.img" (or r"D:\temp\test.img" or 'D:/temp/test.img'). The second band would be "D:\\temp\\test.img\\Layer_2". Actually it could be called something other than Layer_X, you just have to look at how it is named when you load the raster into ArcMap (in ArcGIS 9 I think they were all named band_X).

To get the part of a raster with a specific value in a python script, you can use simple conditionals. I'm not totally sure this is what you want, but maybe it will help:

import arcpy
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Spatial")
input_raster = "D:\\temp\\test.img"
band1_obj = arcpy.sa.Raster(input_raster+"\\Layer_1")
band2_obj = arcpy.sa.Raster(input_raster+"\\Layer_2")
band3_obj = arcpy.sa.Raster(input_raster+"\\Layer_3")
output_obj = (band1_obj == 112) & (band2_obj == 115) & (band3_obj == 5)
output_obj.save(r"D:\\temp\\output.img")

I'm not sure how to do this in raster calculator. I was actually trying to figure that out when I found your post, but it is probably very similar though.

Re: ArcGIS 10 - selecting attributes from multiple bands

PavanYadav — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:35:54 GMT

In ArcGIS 9.x Raster Catalog, you can use a syntax like this:
[KALI-1415.jpg - Band_1] <= 50 & [KALI-1415.jpg - Band_2] >= 120 & [KALI-1415.jpg - Band_3] <= 173

In ArcGIS 10 Raster Catalog, use full catalog path names instead of layer names in the expression.

(("C:\Test\KALI-1415.jpg\Band_1") <= 50) & (("C:\Test\KALI-1415.jpg\Band_2") >= 120) & (("C:\Test\KALI-1415.jpg\Band_3") <= 173)

*KALI-1415.jpg is my example image.