Summary
The Describe function returns the following properties for Raster Datasets. Dataset Properties are also supported. Single-band raster datasets also support Raster Band Properties.
A Raster Dataset returns a dataType 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
| String |
| format (Read Only) | The raster format
| 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
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("\\cacheqa1\Datasets\temp\FGDB.gdb\hrrr1")
# Print some raster dataset properties
#
print "Band Count: %d" % desc.bandCount
print "Compression Type: %s" % desc.compressionType
print "Raster Format: %s" % desc.format
print("Processing Templates: %s" % desc.processingTemplates)
print("Default Processing Templates: %s" % desc.defaultprocessingTemplates)
print("DimensionNames: %s" % desc.dimensionNames)
print("DimensionValues: %d" % desc.Values)
print("MultidimensionalInfo: %s" % desc.multidimensionalInfo)