On Oct 13, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Dylan Beaudette wrote: > I can't believe that I am asking for advice on how to assist my > special-needs GIS software with recognizing files created by the > raster/rgdal packages. > > Recently (after some silent update by IT no doubt), I noticed that > files created like this: > > writeRaster(r.mast, filename='spatial_data/latest/mast-model', > datatype='FLT4S', format='ENVI', overwrite=TRUE, NAflag=-999) > > ... aren't read-in properly by ArcGIS (9.3.1). Specifically, the > raster statistics and the NODATA value aren't read from the file or > from the .xml file that is automatically generated by GDAL. I have > tried all of the different formats supported by the raster package, > with the 'ENVI' format getting the closest to working (statistics > almost correct but missing NODATA information). Are there any > additional things I can do to help ArcGIS figure these files out > without any tweaking from within the hulking beast? Ideally, I would > like to update model estimates on a semi-regular basis and have the > files ready for viewing by colleagues-- without manual intervention.
Dylan, I think you want the ESRI_XML_PAM creation option set to YES using the GTiff driver. Howard _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
