Error while creating a slope

Question

I have a elevation raster (1 arc second) downloaded from USGS site. Before adding it to ArcMap I changed the display units to meters.The projection system for this raster is GCS_1983. When I use the slope tool under the spatial analyst tool , it is unable to create the slope layer.The data type for the image is floatng.What could be possibly be wrong here.

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Even after reprojecting it I get the same error. enter image description here

You need to do more than change the display units. You need to reproject the raster to a projection that uses metres and rerun the slope analysis. — Fezter, Apr 28 '13 at 23:11
The title says "Error" but no error seems to be mentioned in the question. — PolyGeo, Apr 29 '13 at 08:38

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '13 at 23:32

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Despite changing the display units, your raster still is still using a Geographic Coordinate System. Trying to run a slope analysis on such data is invalid. Slope (rise/run) doesn't make sense with degrees as the unit because the distance of 1 degree at the equator is greater than 1 degree near the poles.

You will need to reproject your raster to a coordinate system that uses metres as the units.

Re-run your slope analysis on the new data and you should be fine.

answered Apr 28 '13 at 23:32

Fezter

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How could I find which UTM zone for the raster to be reprojected. – SNT Apr 28 '13 at 23:53
Even after reprojection it doesnt help it... – SNT Apr 29 '13 at 01:19
What error message are you getting? – Fezter Apr 29 '13 at 01:22
What projection did you use? – Fezter Apr 29 '13 at 01:23
NAD 1983 UTM Zone 14N.The error is same as above in the original question here. Display units are in meters. Anything else I am missing here. – SNT Apr 29 '13 at 01:25
Your error message looks like it was cut off. I can't see an error code. FYI, changing display units will have no effect. – Fezter Apr 29 '13 at 03:10
I have added the error while I am trying to create the slope layer again. Hope this helps – SNT Apr 29 '13 at 03:40
let us continue this discussion in chat – SNT Apr 29 '13 at 03:40

Error while creating a slope

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