How to clip a layer file

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I have a world imagery layer that I want to clip to a single county. I would just save as a JPEG and edit using other software, but this uses a lot of processing power if I want a high resolution. I would like to clip the image before exporting to JPEG. Is this possible?

Which software are you using? If you are using QGIS, you can see this question: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/10117/how-to-clip-a-raster-with-vector-boundaries — jvangeld, Mar 06 '13 at 22:07
I have the same issue- trying to clip a .lyr file. I obtained the data from NCDOT and I don't think there are restrictions on the use as it applies. Any tips for working with .lyr files? Thank you. — , Sep 20 '14 at 00:08
@CarsonD Welcome to GIS SE! Please note that you asked a question in the area reserved for answers and so it has been converted to a comment. I recommend that you search this site, perhaps review the Q&As tagged Clip and ArcGIS for Desktop and then consider posting a New Question. — PolyGeo, Sep 20 '14 at 00:17

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 07 '13 at 03:43

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To clip the Image layer, you firstly need a polygon feature class of your area of Interest.

Once You have the data, you can 'clip' the Raster Data using Extract By Mask. This would require a Spatial Analyst License. and would give you a raster containing the data inside your polygon.

If you require a Rectangular image, centered on your Area of Interest, you could use Extract By Rectangle.

answered Mar 07 '13 at 03:43

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ERROR 000864: Input Raster: The input is not within the defined domain. ERROR 000863: Invalid GP data type. – user15868 Mar 07 '13 at 16:08
I get these errors when I try to use my image as the input. (World Imagery.lyr). I am using a county shapefile as the extent or mask data. – user15868 Mar 07 '13 at 16:10
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Don't use the .lyr file as the input. Use the actual data. – Devdatta Tengshe Mar 07 '13 at 16:15
How would I do that? I'm a novice on GIS, so forgive my ignorance. – user15868 Mar 07 '13 at 17:14
I am unable to open the file to access any kind of data. I can only open it with GIS, which kind of treats it as an image. There are no subfolders, etc. – user15868 Mar 07 '13 at 17:42

ccn · Answer 2 · 2013-03-07T20:01:46.490

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If this World Imagery layer is from the 'Add Data from ArcGIS Online', then you will not be able to clip or extract as indicated in the typically correct answer by @Devdatta Tengshe. There are other ways around it but will be in violation of the Terms of Use.

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answered Mar 07 '13 at 18:31

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 29 '16 at 06:51

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You can use processing tool in ArcMap to clip layer, Processing menu -> clip here clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEE9leOvtto

answered Nov 29 '16 at 06:51

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