topic Re: ASCII to Raster Conversion in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/ascii-to-raster-conversion/m-p/240491#M18716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Which ascii format is this then?</P><P>If it is something like *.asc with a well defined header as per this help :</P><P><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Esri_ASCII_raster_format/009t0000000z000000/" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Esri_ASCII_raster_format/009t0000000z000000/">ArcGIS Help 10.1</A> </P><P>Then the Ascii Grid tool will import this into a raster.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:00:23 GMT NeilAyres 2015-10-19T07:00:23Z ASCII to Raster Conversion https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/ascii-to-raster-conversion/m-p/240490#M18715 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>how can I convert data in ascii format to raster using python script?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:51:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/ascii-to-raster-conversion/m-p/240490#M18715 tehreemfatima 2015-10-19T06:51:24Z Re: ASCII to Raster Conversion https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/ascii-to-raster-conversion/m-p/240491#M18716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Which ascii format is this then?</P><P>If it is something like *.asc with a well defined header as per this help :</P><P><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Esri_ASCII_raster_format/009t0000000z000000/" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Esri_ASCII_raster_format/009t0000000z000000/">ArcGIS Help 10.1</A> </P><P>Then the Ascii Grid tool will import this into a raster.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:00:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/ascii-to-raster-conversion/m-p/240491#M18716 NeilAyres 2015-10-19T07:00:23Z Re: ASCII to Raster Conversion https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/ascii-to-raster-conversion/m-p/240492#M18717 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Neil is correct ... an updated link if you are using ArcMap 10.3 <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/conversion-toolbox/ascii-to-raster.htm">Ascii to raster​&nbsp; </A>​</P><P>When you say a python script ... skip it ... if you plan on reinventing the wheel, the script example with the tool help will allow you to access the conversion, but it will not be a script that performs the actual conversion for you.&nbsp; For arcpy access, it is in the code examples as</P><P>​</P><P><SPAN class="n">arcpy</SPAN><SPAN class="o">.</SPAN><SPAN class="n">ASCIIToRaster_conversion</SPAN><SPAN class="p">(</SPAN><SPAN class="n">inASCII</SPAN><SPAN class="p">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="n">outRaster</SPAN><SPAN class="p">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="n">rasterType</SPAN><SPAN class="p">)</SPAN> </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:34:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/ascii-to-raster-conversion/m-p/240492#M18717 DanPatterson_Retired 2015-10-19T07:34:41Z