Flip (Data Management)

Usage tips

Command line and Scripting

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

• You can save your output to GRID, IMG, TIFF, personal geodatabase, file geodatabase, or ArcSDE geodatabase.

• When storing a raster dataset in a geodatabase, no file extension should be added to the name of the raster dataset. When storing the raster dataset in a file format, you need to specify the file extension: .img for an ERDAS IMAGINE file, .tif for TIFF, or no extension for GRID.

• When storing your raster dataset to a geodatabase, you can specify a compression type and compression quality within the Raster Storage Settings in the Environment Settings dialog box.

• The following environments affect this tool: current workspace, scratch workspace, output coordinate system, output extent, output CONFIG keyword, pyramid, raster statistics, compression, and tile size.

Map Algebra

• The Flip function flips (mirrors) the raster from top to bottom along the horizontal axis through the center of the region.

• Learn more about how to specify the input raster dataset in the Map Algebra expression of Raster Calculator.

Command line syntax
An overview of the Command Line window
Flip_management <in_raster> <out_raster>

Command line example

Flip_management d:\rasterdata\raster1.img d:\rasterdata\raster2.img

Scripting syntax
About getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts
Flip_management (in_raster, out_raster)

Script example

# RasterTransformation_flip.py
# Description: Flips the raster along the horizontal axis.
# Requirements: None
# Author: ESRI
# Date: 12/22/03

# Create the Geoprocessor object
import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create()

try:
    # Set the input raster dataset name
    inputRaster = "C:/data/ingrid"

    # Set the output raster name
    outputRaster = "C:/data/outgrid"

    # Process: Flip
    gp.Flip_management(inputRaster, outputRaster)

except:
    # If an error occurred while running a tool, then print the messages
    print gp.GetMessages()

Map Algebra syntax
Flip(<grid>)

Map Algebra example

flip(ingrid)

ArcObjects syntax
There is no corresponding ArcGIS Spatial Analyst object to perform Flip. However, in core ArcGIS, similar functionality can be found in the ITransformationOp of the RasterGeometryProc object.
For more information, see ArcObjects Developer Help.