{"id":270632,"date":"2010-10-28T16:39:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T23:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=270632"},"modified":"2018-07-06T14:02:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:02:49","slug":"supervised-classification-to-create-vegetation-layer","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/mapping\/supervised-classification-to-create-vegetation-layer","title":{"rendered":"Supervised Classification to Create Vegetation Layer"},"author":3641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941,22771],"tags":[25311,22971,22981],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551,36991],"class_list":["post-270632","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-natural-resources","tag-arcgis-10","tag-community-basemaps","tag-community-maps","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"A recommended vegetation development workflow","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">The Vegetation Layer indicates tree canopy and represents one of the recommended base layers within the Community Basemap: providing depth and realism to the map.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/treecover.png\" width=\"511\" height=\"173\" align=\"left\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">A recommended vegetation development workflow that leverages the ArcGIS10.0 Image Analysis Window and NDVI function is available <a href=\"http:\/\/help.arcgis.com\/en\/communitybasemap\/10.0\/help\/index.html#\/Vegetation\/01010000000m000000\/\">here<\/a> on the Community Basemaps Resource Center. Optimal output requires 4-band imagery (Infrared band). Where 4-band imagery is not available, we suggest using the new Image Classification Tool Bar to create a classified image from 3-band imagery. This reclassification process is dramatically simplified with the newly available tools in ArcGIS10.0. 3-band and 4-band imagery can be found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov\/\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">USDA\u2019s Geospatial Gateway<\/span><\/a> for most of the United States.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Add 3-band imagery to ArcMap and make sure the Spatial Analyst Extension is on<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Open the Image Classification Toolbar<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 462px; height: 59px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm1.png\" width=\"359\" height=\"431\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Select your image in the pull down Training Sample Manager button<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Zoom into an area with forests and use the Draw Training Sample with Polygon button to draw an area that has just forests in it or just around trees<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 452px; height: 60px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm2.png\" width=\"452\" height=\"60\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 395px; height: 397px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm3.png\" width=\"395\" height=\"397\" hspace=\"20\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Add more training areas, include many polygons of open spaces and\u00a0areas that do not have trees<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 458px; height: 205px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm4.png\" width=\"458\" height=\"205\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Open the Training Sample Manager while collecting these by clicking on the Sample Manager Button highlighted below on the Image Classification Toolbar (tip: pause your computer screen for this)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 454px; height: 56px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm5.png\" width=\"454\" height=\"56\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm6.png\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">7. Rename the Class Name for vegetation Trees and select the rest to merge together using the Merge button on the Training Sample Manager<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm7.png\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm8.png\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>In the Image Classification Toolbar, select Interactive Supervised Classification<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 356px; height: 185px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm9a.png\" width=\"356\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">9. Open the properties for the new Classification image<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">10. Go to the Symbology tab, open the colors for the<br \/>\nClass 1 (trees). \u00a0Click on more colors<br \/>\nand set the color to HSV to H: 80, S: 39 and V: 89 and make the other class No<br \/>\nColor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm9.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 226px; height: 210px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm10.png\" width=\"226\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">11. End result should look like this with imagery behind it<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 510px; height: 194px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm11.png\" width=\"510\" height=\"194\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">12.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Double click on Layers in the Table of Contents<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">13.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Click on the coordinates tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">14.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Change the projection to Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">15.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Right click on the classification image, go to Data, Data Export<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 468px; height: 344px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm12.png\" width=\"468\" height=\"344\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">16.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Export the image:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Clipped to the county or city boundary (you must add that layer before hand, convert it to a graphic and select that graphic)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Using the data frame spatial reference system <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;\">c.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Set the Format to an ERDAS Imagine or TIFF image<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a017. Click Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 571px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/imageclasscm13.png\" width=\"571\" height=\"470\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">18. You may have to promote the pixel depth to store no data values on the next dialog (if you clipped the raster to a non-rectangular extent).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">19. Click Yes to add the exported raster as a layer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">20. 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