topic To SID or not to SID?...that is the question in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/to-sid-or-not-to-sid-that-is-the-question/m-p/80989#M4684 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Well, what do you all think. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What are some situations when you would convert your rasters into an image compression format like .sid?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Are there reasons why you would not do this? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an image compression format within the 10.1 environment?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have used Raster Catalogs, and imported my Rasters into a File Geodatabase. Used each of these in ArcGIS Desktop 10.1, seems .sid loads faster and refreshes faster during zoom in/out compared to using Geodatabase Rasters. Hence, I am wondering why not just use .sid all the time?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:14:04 GMT TimHayes 2012-10-05T14:14:04Z To SID or not to SID?...that is the question https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/to-sid-or-not-to-sid-that-is-the-question/m-p/80989#M4684 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Well, what do you all think. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What are some situations when you would convert your rasters into an image compression format like .sid?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Are there reasons why you would not do this? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an image compression format within the 10.1 environment?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have used Raster Catalogs, and imported my Rasters into a File Geodatabase. Used each of these in ArcGIS Desktop 10.1, seems .sid loads faster and refreshes faster during zoom in/out compared to using Geodatabase Rasters. Hence, I am wondering why not just use .sid all the time?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:14:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/to-sid-or-not-to-sid-that-is-the-question/m-p/80989#M4684 TimHayes 2012-10-05T14:14:04Z