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Extract by Rectangle

Available with Spatial Analyst license.

Summary

Extracts the cells of a raster based on a rectangle by specifying the rectangle's extent.

Illustration

Extract by Rectangle illustration
OutRas = ExtractByRectangle(InRas1, Extent(1, 0, 5, 5), "INSIDE")

Usage

  • Additional attributes from the input raster, if any, will be carried over as-is to the output raster attribute table. Depending on the nature of the property being recorded, some of the attribute values may need to be recalculated.

  • When a multiband raster is specified as the Input Raster (in_raster in Python), all bands will be used.

    To process a selection of bands from a multiband raster, first create a new raster dataset composed of those particular bands with the Composite Bands tool, and use the result as the Input Raster (in_raster in Python).

    The default output format is a geodatabase raster. If an Esri Grid stack is specified as the output format, note that the name cannot start with a number, use spaces, or be more than nine characters in length.

  • The center of the cell is used to determine whether a cell is inside or outside a rectangle. If the center is within the outline of a rectangle, the cell is considered fully inside even if portions of the cell fall outside the rectangle.

  • Cell locations that are not selected are assigned a value of NoData.

  • If the input raster is integer, the output raster will be integer. If the input is floating point, the output will be floating point.

  • See Analysis environments and Spatial Analyst for additional details on the geoprocessing environments that apply to this tool.

Syntax

ExtractByRectangle (in_raster, rectangle, {extraction_area})
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_raster

The input raster from which cells will be extracted.

Raster Layer
rectangle
extent

A rectangle that defines the area to be extracted.

An Extent object is used to specify the coordinates.

The form of the object is:

  • Extent(XMin, YMin, XMax, YMax)

    where XMin and YMin define the lower-left coordinates of the area to be extracted, and XMax and YMax define the upper-right coordinates.

The coordinates are specified in the same map units as the input raster.

Extent
extraction_area
(Optional)

Identifies whether to extract cells inside or outside the input rectangle.

  • INSIDE — A keyword specifying that the cells inside the input rectangle should be selected and written to the output raster. All cells outside the rectangle will receive NoData values on the output raster.
  • OUTSIDE —A keyword specifying that the cells outside the input rectangle should be selected and written to the output raster. All cells inside the rectangle will receive NoData values on the output raster.
String

Return Value

NameExplanationData Type
out_raster

The output raster containing the cell values extracted from the input raster.

Raster

Code sample

ExtractByRectangle example 1 (Python window)

This example extracts cells outside a rectangular extent to a new raster.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"
rectExtract = ExtractByRectangle("elevation", 
                                 Extent(477625, 213900, 486400, 224200), 
                                 "OUTSIDE")
rectExtract.save("c:/sapyexamples/output/extrect")
ExtractByRectangle example 2 (stand-alone script)

This example extracts cells inside a rectangular extent to a new raster.

# Name: ExtractByRectangle_Ex_02.py
# Description: 
# Requirements: Spatial Analyst Extension

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"

# Set local variables
inRaster = "elevation"
inRectangle = Extent(477625, 213900, 486400, 224200)

# Check out the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Spatial")

# Execute ExtractByRectangle
rectExtract = ExtractByRectangle(inRaster, inRectangle, "INSIDE")

# Save the output 
rectExtract.save("c:/sapyexamples/output/extrect02")

Environments

Licensing information

  • ArcGIS Desktop Basic: Requires Spatial Analyst
  • ArcGIS Desktop Standard: Requires Spatial Analyst
  • ArcGIS Desktop Advanced: Requires Spatial Analyst

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