{"id":178611,"date":"2012-04-17T22:38:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T05:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=178611"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T19:06:44","slug":"grd-and-grc-files-now-supported-in-arcgis-10-1","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/imagery\/grd-and-grc-files-now-supported-in-arcgis-10-1","title":{"rendered":".GRD and .GRC files now supported in ArcGIS 10.1"},"author":4681,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,22931,25841],"tags":[34561,23011,39421],"industry":[],"product":[36991],"class_list":["post-178611","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-imagery","category-telecommunications","tag-grid","tag-raster","tag-spatial-analyst","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"With the upcoming release of ArcGIS 10.1 there is now support for the reading of .GRD (Grid) and .GRC  (Classified Grid) raster files","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>With the upcoming release of ArcGIS 10.1 there is now support for the reading of .GRD (Grid) and .GRC \u00a0(Classified Grid) raster files that are produced by MapInfo, Vertical Mapper and various telecom wireless planning tools. These files are usually used to represent the output of a signal strength prediction analysis for a given cell tower location. These raster\u2019s are often converted to vector format on which various types of analysis are then performed.<\/p>\n<p>This new format adds an extra dimension of analysis capabilities for our telecom users. This format can now be used like any other raster format with any of the core ArcGIS raster functions and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/software\/arcgis\/extensions\/spatialanalyst\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spatial Analyst<\/a>\u00a0extension. 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