topic Re: Invalid Raster Dataset. Failed to create raster layer. in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722444#M40976 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Normally you would look at the source properties on the sid, but at this point I would suggest to follow Luke's suggestion of the viewer. If you cannot see the sids with the viewer, then they have been corrupted and will need to be downloaded or if they download is correct the vendor needs to be contacted to upload the correct version.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:17:00 GMT JeffreySwain 2013-07-05T13:17:00Z Invalid Raster Dataset. Failed to create raster layer. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722440#M40972 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>ok so here is my problem every time I download an aerial photo from a my states website and try to add them to arcmap I get this message. now somehow I've figured out how to get a couple photos to work but I keep forgetting how I did it the last time, so could anybody tell me why its doing this and what I need to do to make this work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also I'm running ArcGIS10 on windows 7 if that makes a difference and the photos are downloaded as an .sid file</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:48:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722440#M40972 JaredNicholson 2013-06-25T17:48:16Z Re: Invalid Raster Dataset. Failed to create raster layer. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722441#M40973 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If the .sid rasters are </SPAN><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/23714-mrsid-generation-4">Generation 4</A><SPAN> you may need to </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//016w00000032000000">upgrade to 10.1</A><SPAN> or install the</SPAN><A href="http://www.lizardtech.com/news/company-news/2011/07/lizardtech-releases-plug-in-for-arcgis-desktop-10/"> Lizardtech plugin</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:08:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722441#M40973 Luke_Pinner 2013-06-25T21:08:31Z Re: Invalid Raster Dataset. Failed to create raster layer. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722442#M40974 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>how would I be able to tell if my .sid files are generation 4 or not?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:55:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722442#M40974 JaredNicholson 2013-06-25T22:55:30Z Re: Invalid Raster Dataset. Failed to create raster layer. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722443#M40975 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><A href="http://beingcivil.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/01/how-to-identify-a-4th-generation-mrsid.html">This page</A><SPAN> suggests to use the free </SPAN><A href="http://www.lizardtech.com/downloads/category/#viewers">GeoViewer</A><SPAN> tool.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:13:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722443#M40975 Luke_Pinner 2013-06-26T01:13:26Z Re: Invalid Raster Dataset. Failed to create raster layer. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722444#M40976 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Normally you would look at the source properties on the sid, but at this point I would suggest to follow Luke's suggestion of the viewer. If you cannot see the sids with the viewer, then they have been corrupted and will need to be downloaded or if they download is correct the vendor needs to be contacted to upload the correct version.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:17:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/invalid-raster-dataset-failed-to-create-raster/m-p/722444#M40976 JeffreySwain 2013-07-05T13:17:00Z