topic Re: arcpy update raster layer symbology using RasterClassifyColorizer in Python Questions

arcpy update raster layer symbology using RasterClassifyColorizer

NickAtEsriAU — Mon, 01 May 2023 06:45:27 GMT

Hello all,

I am trying to add a raster layer to a map in Pro (3.1) and then update the renderer to be RasterClassifyColorizer. Once that is done, I then try to add a number breaks, update the upper bounds values of the breaks, labels and colors for the breaks. Once done the legend for the raster looks right (right number of classes, right labels and colors) but the raster values seem to be allocated to the wrong classes.

The data is a floating point raster stored in a TIFF representing wind speed in meters per second.

I am doing this via a cell in a Notebook.

The image below shows the rater added manually from the catalog, with a data range of 6.1 to 10.1

The following image shows the same raster added via the code, showing a large area under 2 meters a second wind speed, which shouldn't be possible:

Included is the code from the cell. The pathway to the TIFF is stored in the variable "rdSaWSatX"

# Access the Project and Map objects to add the layers to p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT") m = p.listMaps("Map")[0] # Study Area (AOI) Wind Speed raster and # 1. Give it a "layer name" for display in the map # 2. Make a raster layer with name # 3. Access the layer object # 4. Access the symbology object # 5. Modify the symbology breaks, lables, and colors # 6. Apply the modified symbology # Layer name text lyrnSaWSatX = f"Study area Wind Speed at {fltHubHeight}m" # Create Raster Layer lyrSaWSatX = arcpy.MakeRasterLayer_management(rdSaWSatX, lyrnSaWSatX) # Add raster layer to the map m.addLayer(lyrSaWSatX[0], "TOP") # Access the layer object in the map lmSaWSatX = m.listLayers(lyrnSaWSatX)[0] # Access the symbology object symSaWSatX = lmSaWSatX.symbology # Update the colorizer to be a classifed one symSaWSatX.updateColorizer('RasterClassifyColorizer') symSaWSatX.colorizer.classificationField = "Value" # Create lists for break values, labels, and colors lsWSBreakValues = [2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,26] lsWSBreakLabels = [] for ws in lsWSBreakValues: label = "<= " + str(ws) + "m/s" lsWSBreakLabels.append(label) del label lsWSBreakColours = [[190,232,255,100], [175,245,177,100], [171,253,102,100], [212,243,38,100], [241,222,0,100], [251,185,0,100], [255,113,0,100], [255,19,0,100], [255,0,88,100], [255,0,197,100], [168,0,132,100]] # Create breaks in map layer symSaWSatX.colorizer.breakCount = len(lsWSBreakValues) symCounter = 0 # for each break get values from lists to allocate break value, label and color for brk in symSaWSatX.colorizer.classBreaks: brk.upperBound = lsWSBreakValues[symCounter] brk.label = lsWSBreakLabels[symCounter] brk.color = {'RGB' : lsWSBreakColours[symCounter]} symCounter += 1 # Apply the updated symbology to the map layer lmSaWSatX.symbology = symSaWSatX

and I have arcpy, os and math packages imported.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Nick

Re: arcpy update raster layer symbology using RasterClassifyColorizer

Anonymous User — Mon, 01 May 2023 14:55:06 GMT

Doing a test on a raster, it seems to work ok for me. One thing I'd suggest is to be more explicit with the upper boundary, label, and color by using a dictionary. This method prevents a list index being off and reduces some looping.

breaks = {0: {'upper': 2, 'color': [190, 232, 255, 100]}, 1: {'upper': 4, 'color': [175, 245, 177, 100]}, 2: {'upper': 6, 'color': [171, 253, 102, 100]}, 3: {'upper': 8, 'color': [212, 243, 38, 100]}, 4: {'upper': 10, 'color': [241, 222, 0, 100]}, 5: {'upper': 12, 'color': [251, 185, 0, 100]}, 6: {'upper': 14, 'color': [255, 113, 0, 100]}, 7: {'upper': 16, 'color': [255, 19, 0, 100]}, 8: {'upper': 18, 'color': [255, 0, 88, 100]}, 9: {'upper': 20, 'color': [255, 0, 197, 100]}, 10: {'upper': 26, 'color': [168, 0, 132, 100]} } # Create breaks in map layer symSaWSatX.colorizer.breakCount = len(breaks) # for each break get values from lists to allocate break value, label and color for i, brk in enumerate(symSaWSatX.colorizer.classBreaks): brk.upperBound = breaks[i]['upper'] brk.label = label = "<= " + str(breaks[i]['upper']) + "m/s" brk.color = {'RGB': breaks[i]['color']} # Apply the updated symbology to the map layer lmSaWSatX.symbology = symSaWSatX p.save()

Re: arcpy update raster layer symbology using RasterClassifyColorizer

NickAtEsriAU — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 03:19:12 GMT

Many thanks Jeff. I applied your structure and had success. interestingly, I am using your structure for another script but for a GraduatedColorsRenderer on a polygon layer and I am still having issues where some classes aren't shown. I am going to this another post though as it is off topic.

Many Thanks,

Nick

Re: arcpy update raster layer symbology using RasterClassifyColorizer

ErzsikeTerezsi — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:49:52 GMT

Hi,

I used exactly the same code in the pro3.4 version and the legend is not the same. The label automaton remains. Is this happening to anyone else?

Re: arcpy update raster layer symbology using RasterClassifyColorizer

SarahORourke — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:09:27 GMT

I had the same issue. I added a label to the dictionary and in preliminary testing I was able to print the labels to the python consol, but nothing changed in the legend/TOC.