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Raster data model history and formats

Raster data model history and formats - ArcGIS Tutorial

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Raster data model history and formats

The raster data model, has a simple and elegant structure. To begin, I want to show you, the kind of raster data supported in ArcMap. Unlike the vector data model, there are many more types of raster data. To see what kinds of raster data are supported in ArcMap. We can do a search using the Help tool. Searching for supported, raster data set file format, will give us the information we want to see. Let's jump into ArcMap, and find it. Here in ArcMap, I'm clicking Help<Help for the desktop, and the Search tool. Putting in supported raster dataset file formats and hitting Enter, gives me a list of topics, and the first one is what we want. This help page gives us the details of the many types of raster data formats we could bring in to ArcMap. Scanning the page, you see there are many more types of raster data sets, then there are, vector data sets. Now let's discuss the different elements of the raster data model itself. The raster data model is elegant. And although, there are many…

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