topic How do I use ArcGIS to select data for a particular country from an African dataset and to convert it to .asc format? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-use-arcgis-to-select-data-for-a/m-p/43243#M2421 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How do I use ArcGIS to select data for a particular country from an African dataset and to convert it to .asc format?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:49:34 GMT JulieMontgomery 2015-02-19T14:49:34Z How do I use ArcGIS to select data for a particular country from an African dataset and to convert it to .asc format? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-use-arcgis-to-select-data-for-a/m-p/43243#M2421 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How do I use ArcGIS to select data for a particular country from an African dataset and to convert it to .asc format?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:49:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-use-arcgis-to-select-data-for-a/m-p/43243#M2421 JulieMontgomery 2015-02-19T14:49:34Z Re: How do I use ArcGIS to select data for a particular country from an African dataset and to convert it to .asc format? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-use-arcgis-to-select-data-for-a/m-p/43244#M2422 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Julie,</P><P></P><P>I am sure people would love to help but:</P><UL><LI>Although you tagged this thread, the tag you are using is unique and will not aid people to find your thread (see: <A href="https://community.esri.com/docs/DOC-1103">Tagging Content</A> )</LI><LI>The thread is not posted in a place that is directed towards a specific audience (see: <A href="https://community.esri.com/docs/DOC-1081">What are Places?</A> ). In your case it could be <A href="https://community.esri.com/space/2050">Managing Data</A> </LI></UL><P></P><P>May I presume that the .asc format you refer to is the ASCII Raster format? What does the African dataset look like? If this is raster data, you can use the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00170000009n000000">Clip (Data Management)</A> tool and using the country as Clipping Geometry. Next convert to ASCII format using the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Raster_to_ASCII/001200000005000000/">Raster to ASCII (Conversion)</A> tool.</P><P></P><P>In case you have vector data, clip the vector data first, convert to raster and then convert to ASCII.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:27:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-use-arcgis-to-select-data-for-a/m-p/43244#M2422 XanderBakker 2015-02-19T15:27:16Z