topic Re: I am attemping to iterate many point feature classes for a kriging raster. In order to do this I have to shorten the names of the feature classes (less than 8 characters for raster?) Please let me know if there is an easy way to do this in model build in Spatial Data Science Questions

I am attempting to iterate many point feature classes for a kriging analysis. What is the best way to loop/iterate this process for many feature classes stored within a personal GDB?

RonSheaks1 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:28:45 GMT

I am attempting to iterate many point feature classes for a kriging analysis. What is the best way to loop/iterate this process for many feature classes stored within a personal GDB?

Re: I am attemping to iterate many point feature classes for a kriging raster. In order to do this I have to shorten the names of the feature classes (less than 8 characters for raster?) Please let me know if there is an easy way to do this in model build

JakeSkinner — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:14:33 GMT

Hi Ron,

An ESRI Raster GRID is limited to 13 characters for the name length. See the section 'Storage Limitations' within the following link:

Esri Grid format—Help | ArcGIS Desktop

If you are running into this limit I would recommend using a different raster format, such as a .TIF. You can do this by simply appending .tif to the end of the raster name.

Re: I am attemping to iterate many point feature classes for a kriging analysis. What is the best way to loop/iterate this process for many feature classes stored within a personal GDB?

RonSheaks1 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:43:00 GMT

Thank You Jake. I was unsure about the amount of characters allowed for a raster name. I am now moving forward with iterating the feature classes for the Kriging Analysis.