Create and use a raster layer made from a local raster 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
Upon launch, a raster will be loaded from a file and displayed in the map view. Pan and zoom to explore.
How it works
- Create a
Rasterfrom a raster file. - Create a
RasterLayerfrom the raster. - Add the raster layer to the map’s operational layers.
Relevant API
- Raster
- RasterLayer
About the data
This sample shows a Shasta Raster hosted on ArcGIS Online.
Additional information
See the topic What is raster data? in the ArcMap documentation for more information about raster images.
Tags
data, image, import, layer, raster, visualization