topic Need to convert raster elevation data to polygons in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/need-to-convert-raster-elevation-data-to-polygons/m-p/758545#M42616 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a data set that I downloaded from the national elevation data set (NED).&nbsp; The data is for a river meander reach.&nbsp; Is there a way that I can convert the raster data to polygons, consistent with the way in which I have symbolized the data in the attached example?&nbsp; The data is symbolized based on elevation ranges (z values) shown in the dialogue box.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]23477[/ATTACH]</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:42:27 GMT BradleySmith2 2013-04-14T16:42:27Z Need to convert raster elevation data to polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/need-to-convert-raster-elevation-data-to-polygons/m-p/758545#M42616 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a data set that I downloaded from the national elevation data set (NED).&nbsp; The data is for a river meander reach.&nbsp; Is there a way that I can convert the raster data to polygons, consistent with the way in which I have symbolized the data in the attached example?&nbsp; The data is symbolized based on elevation ranges (z values) shown in the dialogue box.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]23477[/ATTACH]</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:42:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/need-to-convert-raster-elevation-data-to-polygons/m-p/758545#M42616 BradleySmith2 2013-04-14T16:42:27Z Re: Need to convert raster elevation data to polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/need-to-convert-raster-elevation-data-to-polygons/m-p/758546#M42617 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You probably need to do a Polygon to Raster:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//001200000030000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//001200000030000000</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Followed by a Reclass:</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//009z000000sr000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//009z000000sr000000</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Licensing would require Spatial Analyst or 3D Analyst.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:07:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/need-to-convert-raster-elevation-data-to-polygons/m-p/758546#M42617 MarkChilcott 2013-04-15T01:07:56Z Re: Need to convert raster elevation data to polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/need-to-convert-raster-elevation-data-to-polygons/m-p/758547#M42618 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Reclassify comes first since it will result in an integer raster, then convert to polygons.&nbsp; You can't convert floating point rasters into polygons.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Eric</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:01:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/need-to-convert-raster-elevation-data-to-polygons/m-p/758547#M42618 EricRice 2013-04-15T16:01:23Z