Raster Dataset properties

Summary

The Describe function returns the following properties for raster datasets. The Dataset property group is also supported. Single-band raster datasets also support the Raster Band property group.

For a raster dataset, the Describe dataType property returns a value of "RasterDataset".

Properties

Property	Explanation	Data Type
bandCount (Read Only)	The number of bands in the raster dataset.	Integer
compressionType (Read Only)	The compression type. CCITT Group 3 CCITT Group 4 CCITT (1D) DEFLATE Deflate/Inflate JPEG JPEG2000 LZW LZ77 None PACKBITS RLE VECTOR QUANTIZATION Wavelet (MG2) Wavelet (MG4) YCbCr JPEG	String
format (Read Only)	The raster format. AAIGrid BAG BIL BMP BSQ DTED Level 1 DTED Level 2 FGDBR FLT GIF GRID GRID Stack 7.x HDF5Image IMAGINE Image JFIF JP2 MrSID NITF PNG RPF SDR TIFF TIL USGSDEM	String
permanent (Read Only)	Indicates the permanent state of the raster: False if the raster is temporary and True if the raster is permanent.	Boolean
sensorType (Read Only)	The sensor type used to capture the image.	String

Code sample

Raster dataset properties example

The following stand-alone script displays some properties for a raster dataset:

import arcpy

# Create a Describe object from the raster dataset
#
desc = arcpy.Describe(r"C:\temp\FGDB.gdb\RD")

# Print some raster dataset properties
# 
print("Band Count:       %d" % desc.bandCount)
print("Compression Type: %s" % desc.compressionType)
print("Raster Format:    %s" % desc.format)
print("Permanent:        %s" % desc.permanent)
print("Sensor Type:      %s" % desc.sensorType)