Flip (Data Management)

Summary

Reorients the raster by turning it over, from top to bottom, along the horizontal axis through the center of the raster. This may be useful to correct raster datasets that are upside down.

Illustration

Usage

• The Flip tool flips the grid from top to bottom along the horizontal axis through the center of the region.

• You can save your output to BIL, BIP, BMP, BSQ, DAT, GIF, GRID, IMG, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, or any geodatabase raster dataset.

• When storing your raster dataset to a JPEG file, a JPEG 2000 file, or a geodatabase, you can specify a Compression type and Compression Quality within the Environment Settings.

Syntax

Flip_management (in_raster, out_raster)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_raster	Input raster dataset.	Raster Layer
out_raster	Output raster dataset. When storing the raster dataset in a file format, you need to specify the file extension: .bil—ESRI BIL .bip—ESRI BIP .bmp—BMP .bsq—ESRI BSQ .dat—ENVI DAT .gif—GIF .img—ERDAS IMAGINE file .jpg—JPEG .jp2—JPEG 2000 .png—PNG .tif—TIFF no extension—ESRI GRID When storing a raster dataset in a geodatabase, no file extension should be added to the name of the raster dataset. When storing your raster dataset to a JPEG file, a JPEG 2000 file, a TIFF file, or a geodatabase, you can specify a compression type and compression quality.	Raster Dataset

Code Sample

Flip example 1 (Python window)

This is a Python sample for the Flip tool.

import arcpy
arcpy.Flip_management("c:/data/image.tif", "c:/data/flip.tif")

Flip example 2 (stand-alone script)

This is a Python script sample for the Flip tool.

##====================================
##Flip
##Usage: Flip_management in_raster out_raster
    
try:
    import arcpy
    
    arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Workspace"
    
    ##Flip a TIFF format image
    arcpy.Flip_management("image.tif", "flip.tif")
    
except:
    print "Flip example failed."
    print arcpy.GetMessages()

Environments

Compression, Current Workspace, Output CONFIG Keyword, Output Coordinate System, Extent, Pyramid, Raster Statistics, Scratch Workspace, Snap Raster, Tile Size

Licensing Information

ArcView: Yes

ArcEditor: Yes

ArcInfo: Yes