topic Re: Sid Files not working in catalog in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425692#M24381 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks Dan and Neil for the quick response. the problem exists in my version which is 10. Both inputs were helpful.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 17:10:39 GMT EmmanuelJohn1 2016-05-06T17:10:39Z Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425681#M24370 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I hope everyone is doing fine.</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I recently downloaded sid files to develop a raster. For some reason I am unable to view them in arc catalog nor arcmap. When I try to open up its properties I get a "Failed to open dataset error". "Invalid raster dataset. Failed to create raster layer" followed by "Could not add specified data object to the map" are the errors fo get for arcmap. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 May 2016 20:28:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425681#M24370 EmmanuelJohn1 2016-05-05T20:28:39Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425682#M24371 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>which mrsid type since they are both supported <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/raster-and-images/supported-raster-dataset-file-formats.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/raster-and-images/supported-raster-dataset-file-formats.htm">Supported raster dataset file formats—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>where do you have them stored/saved that they can't be opened ... locally? on a network?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 May 2016 20:38:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425682#M24371 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-05-05T20:38:21Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425683#M24372 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm trying to work with them locally. they are .sid and .sdw files. I can see that they exist, but can't preview them.</P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" height="94" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/198684_pastedImage_0.png" style="width: 385.55px; height: 94px;" width="386" /></P><P><IMG class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/198685_pastedImage_1.png" style="max-height: 900px; max-width: 1200px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 13:30:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425683#M24372 EmmanuelJohn1 2016-05-06T13:30:24Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425684#M24373 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>And you said you can't add them to a new data frame in ArcMap?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 13:33:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425684#M24373 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-05-06T13:33:57Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425685#M24374 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That is correct. I got the files through here. If it helps to recreate the isuue.&nbsp; </P><P><A href="https://njgin.state.nj.us/NJ_NJGINExplorer/IW.jsp?DLayer=NJ%202015%20Orthophotography%20MG4" title="https://njgin.state.nj.us/NJ_NJGINExplorer/IW.jsp?DLayer=NJ%202015%20Orthophotography%20MG4">https://njgin.state.nj.us/NJ_NJGINExplorer/IW.jsp?DLayer=NJ%202015%20Orthophotography%20MG4</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 13:57:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425685#M24374 EmmanuelJohn1 2016-05-06T13:57:22Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425686#M24375 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>downloaded one... you forgot to unzip the file perhaps?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 14:23:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425686#M24375 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-05-06T14:23:06Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425687#M24376 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>haha...im having trouble after the unzipping.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 14:39:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425687#M24376 EmmanuelJohn1 2016-05-06T14:39:35Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425688#M24377 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ditto, works wonderfully.</P><P>That is an amazing resource you have there in NJ. <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/laugh.png" /></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/198710_pastedImage_0.png" style="max-height: 900px; max-width: 1200px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 14:47:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425688#M24377 NeilAyres 2016-05-06T14:47:32Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425689#M24378 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Neil what version of arcmap is that?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 15:18:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425689#M24378 EmmanuelJohn1 2016-05-06T15:18:29Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425690#M24379 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Also what window OS is on ur machine?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 15:20:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425690#M24379 EmmanuelJohn1 2016-05-06T15:20:31Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425691#M24380 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am using Windows 10 and ArcMap 10.4</P><P>download and save the file... then copy it to a folder without any spaces or weird stuff in it.&nbsp; double-click on the zip file then hit the Extract option it will extract it into a folder of the image name, </P><P>crank up arcmap, hit the + add data button, navigate to the folder, add the sid and you can then add other stuff as needed</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 15:31:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425691#M24380 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-05-06T15:31:00Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425692#M24381 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks Dan and Neil for the quick response. the problem exists in my version which is 10. Both inputs were helpful.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 May 2016 17:10:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425692#M24381 EmmanuelJohn1 2016-05-06T17:10:39Z Re: Sid Files not working in catalog https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425693#M24382 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>10.3.1</P><P>on Win7 64bit</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 May 2016 10:01:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/sid-files-not-working-in-catalog/m-p/425693#M24382 NeilAyres 2016-05-08T10:01:59Z