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Create and use a raster layer made from a local raster file.

Image of raster layer file

Use case

Rasters can be digital aerial photographs, imagery from satellites, digital pictures, or even scanned maps. An end-user will frequently need to import raster files acquired through various data-collection methods into their map to view and analyze the data.

How to use the sample

When the sample starts, a raster will be loaded from a file and displayed in the map view.

How it works

  1. Create a Raster from a raster file.
  2. Create a RasterLayer from the raster.
  3. Add it as an operational layer with Map.OperationalLayers.Add(layer).

Relevant API

  • Raster
  • RasterLayer

Offline data

This sample downloads the following items from ArcGIS Online automatically:

Additional information

See the topic Introduction to image and raster data in the ArcGIS Pro documentation for more information about raster images.

Tags

data, image, import, layer, raster, visualization

Sample Code

RasterLayerFile.xaml RasterLayerFile.xaml RasterLayerFile.xaml.cs
<UserControl x:Class="ArcGIS.WPF.Samples.RasterLayerFile.RasterLayerFile"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:esri="http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/runtime/2013">
<Grid>
<esri:MapView x:Name="MyMapView" />
</Grid>
</UserControl>