Converts a raster to a feature dataset as points, lines, or polygons.
Illustration
Usage
This raster analysis portal tool is available when you are signed in to an ArcGIS Enterprise portal that has ArcGIS Image Server configured for Raster Analysis. When the tool is run, ArcGIS Pro serves as a client and the processing occurs in the servers federated with ArcGIS Enterprise. The portal tool accepts layers from your portal as input and creates output in your portal.
The input raster layer supports a layer from the portal, a URI or URL to an image service, or the output from the Make Image Server Layer tool. This tool does not support local raster data or layers.
Rasters can be converted to point, line, or polygon features.
A field containing floating-point values can only be used if the output is to a point dataset.
The default is the Value field, which contains the value in each raster cell.
Field
Output Type
Specifies the output type.
If the output type is Line or Polygon, an additional parameter appears allowing the simplification of lines or polygons.
Point—The raster will be converted to a point dataset. This is the default.
Line—The raster will be converted to a line feature dataset.
Polygon—The raster will be converted to a polygon feature dataset.
String
Simplify Lines or Polygons
(Optional)
Specifies whether lines or polygons will be simplified (smoothed). The smoothing is done in such a way that the line contains a minimum number of segments while remaining as close as possible to the original raster cell edges.
This parameter is only supported if the Output Type parameter is set to Line or Polygon.
Checked—The line or polygon features will be smoothed to produce a more generalized result. This is the default.
Unchecked—The line or polygon features will not be smoothed and will follow the cell boundaries of the raster dataset.
Boolean
Output Name
The output feature class that will contain the converted points, lines, or polygons.
String
Create Multipart Features
(Optional)
Specifies whether the output polygons will consist of single-part or multipart features.
This parameter is only supported if the Output Type parameter is set to Polygon.
Checked—Multipart features will be created based on polygons that have the same value.
Unchecked—Individual (single-part) features will be created for each polygon. This is the default.
Boolean
Maximum Vertices Per Polygon Feature
(Optional)
The vertex limit used to subdivide a polygon into smaller polygons. This parameter produces similar output as that created by the Dice tool in the Data Management toolbox.
If left empty, the output polygons will not be split. This is the default.
This parameter is only supported if Output Type is Polygon.
A field containing floating-point values can only be used if the output is to a point dataset.
The default is the Value field, which contains the value in each raster cell.
Field
outputType
Specifies the output type.
POINT—The raster will be converted to a point dataset. This is the default.
LINE—The raster will be converted to a line feature dataset.
POLYGON—The raster will be converted to a polygon feature dataset.
String
simplifyLinesOrPolygons
(Optional)
Specifies whether lines or polygons will be simplified (smoothed). The smoothing is done in such a way that the line contains a minimum number of segments while remaining as close as possible to the original raster cell edges.
This parameter is only supported if the outputType parameter is set to LINE or POLYGON.
SIMPLIFY—The line or polygon features will be smoothed to produce a more generalized result. This is the default.
NO_SIMPLIFY—The line or polygon features will not be smoothed and will follow the cell boundaries of the raster dataset.
Boolean
outputName
The output feature class that will contain the converted points, lines, or polygons.
String
createMultipartFeatures
(Optional)
Specifies whether the output polygons will consist of single-part or multipart features.
This parameter is only supported if the outputType parameter is set to POLYGON.
MULTIPLE_OUTER_PART—Multipart features will be created based on polygons that have the same value.
SINGLE_OUTER_PART—Individual (single-part) features will be created for each polygon. This is the default.
Boolean
maxVerticesPerFeature
(Optional)
The vertex limit used to subdivide a polygon into smaller polygons. This parameter produces similar output as that created by the Dice tool in the Data Management toolbox.
If left empty, the output polygons will not be split. This is the default.
This parameter is only supported if outputType is POLYGON.
Long
Derived output
Name
Explanation
Data type
outputFeatures
The output features.
Feature Class
Code sample
ConvertRasterToFeature example 1 (Python window)
This example converts a raster to polygon features.
