Create a tool in ArcGIS Desktop to convert RGB to Colormap

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03-19-2010 12:53 PM
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IlyasMohamed
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ArcGIS is capable of converting Colormap rasters to RGB rasters.  Why not the other way around?  This would be helpful in reducing storage requirements by reducing bands from 3 to 1.  It would also make it easier to manipulate the display by editing the clr file since there isn’t a raster editing environment.

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DaveVerbyla
That could save disk space ...I inherited a 3 byte/cell RGB topo that could be a single band 0.5 byte/cell  raster with values 0 through 12 in colormap.