Invalid Raster Dataset when trying to load MrSID

[KevinBlake]

We have a bunch a MrSID files and all of them work except for our 2000 raster dataset in ArcGIS 10 (ArcInfo License).  All the other raster datasets we have work fine, and the 2000 one worked fine in 9.3.1.  Wondering if it is because when we created the 2000 SID files there are an older MrSID generation file and ArcGIS 10 does not support that anymore or is this a bug and needs to be fixed so you can read any generation of MrSID files?  Found the forum topic on ECW because had that issue too and found the work around in REGEDIT, which fixed the ECW problem with older ECW files, but did not fix the SID.  Any help on this would be appreciated.

[JohnSobetzer]

Our mg2 sid files which were common in 2000 work just fine in 10.    As a workaround, if your problem sid files contain their world file information in the header, and you have a world file, you might get rid of the latter and see if that works.  Alternately if there is no world file you might create one and see if that works.  I know this seems crazy, normally the only issue is which does the software read first. But we just had a case where jp2 files with header and world files with the same world information, displayed properly in 10 and not in 9.3x and other software, and the solution for that was just getting rid of the world file.  The problem was tracked down by our vendor to the particular build of GeoExpress they had used, and GeoExpress is also the creator of sid files.  The odd thing was I could use my version of GeoExpress Tools to convert these jp2s to sids, but then I had to use the world file during the encode to get sids that would work in ArcMap, otherwise they failed.

[KevinBlake]

I have tried copying one SID file into a seperate folder without the SDW (header file) and it did not work and then recreated the SDW and it still did not work.  I recreated the SID into a generation 3 format and it worked fine.  I know in the past sometimes the build or statistics were an issue and had to redo them, but that did not work either.  ESRI is coming to our office tomorrow, so maybe the can figure it out, if not, they can take it back to their office and see if there is a solution.  Looking more into the different sid files, there is not much different.  I think the solution is going to be is recreate them through GeoExpress.

[EricRice]

Greetings,

This is a bug with ArcGIS 10.  Both generation 2 and 3 SID's are impacted. However, it is not all datasets; only some of them.  The issue can be tracked on using bug ID NIM057871.  We understand the severity of the issue and are working on solutions.

Regards,
Eric

[Scottschrader]

Any further efforts on this bug fix?  I have 3 NAIP 2009 county mosaic files that are effected (out of total of 47 for NM) .  Note files open correctly in ArcGIS 9.3.1 and Erdas 9.7 or 2010.  This seems to be a specific ArcGIS 2010 issue with these particular files.

[KhaeSaetern]

I also have about 10-20 gig of generation 2 MrSid files with sdw files. Initially, ArcGIS 10 wouldn't read the extents. However, I fixed this by going to My solution is to set to read the world file by:
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgiSDEsktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=World_files_for_raster_datasets
ArcGIS will automatically read the georeferencing in the header information of some file formats, such as GeoTIFF, which will override any georeferencing information stored in a world file. You can change this by checking the Use world file to define the coordinates of the raster check box on the Options dialog box.
Click Tools on the Main menu and click Options.
Click the Raster tab in the Options window.
Within the Raster tab, click General, and check the Use world file to define the coordinates of the raster check box.
Click OK.

[PavanYadav]

This issue is expected to be fixed in SP 2. SP 2 is planned to be available in late April/early May. Please note that this bug is strictly limited to certain MrSID Gen 2 & 3 when you get error: "Invalid Raster Dataset. Failed to create raster layerâ?�. For the display issues related to other formats or spatial reference, please contact Technical Support so we can work with you to get a reproducible case?

Regards,
Pavan Y.

Development Technical Lead
User Advocacy Group (UAG)
ESRI Support Services