NumPyArrayToRaster with string array

RA1 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:57:39 GMT

I am trying to use the NumPyArrayToRaster for a string array

I am using two input arrays: arcpy.RasterToNumPyArray(raster1) and arcpy.RasterToNumPyArray(raster2)
with dtype('uint8')

My output array is created from a loop that sums both input arrays in str format, something like: str(array1)+"+"+str(array2) with dtype='|S4'

When I try to export it to raster format I get the following error:
raceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#103>", line 1, in <module>
arcpy.NumPyArrayToRaster(outputarray)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\arcpy\arcpy\__init__.py", line 1165, in NumPyArrayToRaster
return _NumPyArrayToRaster(*args, **kwargs)
ValueError: Argument in_array: Array type is not supported.

Is there any limitation of type of arrays we can export to raster format ??

Re: NumPyArrayToRaster with string array

PhilMorefield — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:41:12 GMT

You're probably better off working the arrays as array objects instead of strings, especially if you're eventually going to convert them to a raster. I've never seen a raster with text for values.

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