Mirror (Data Management)

Summary

Reorients the raster by flipping it, from left to right, along the vertical axis through the center of the raster.

Illustration

Usage

• Mirror flips the raster from left to right along the vertical axis through the center of the region.

• You can save your output to BIL, BIP, BMP, BSQ, DAT, Esri Grid, GIF, IMG, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, or any geodatabase raster dataset.

• When storing your raster dataset to a JPEG file, a JPEG 2000 file, or a geodatabase, you can specify a Compression type and Compression Quality within the Environment Settings.

Syntax

Mirror_management (in_raster, out_raster)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_raster	Input raster dataset.	Mosaic Layer; Raster Layer
out_raster	Output raster dataset. When storing the raster dataset in a file format, you need to specify the file extension: .bil—Esri BIL .bip—Esri BIP .bmp—BMP .bsq—Esri BSQ .dat—ENVI DAT .gif—GIF .img—ERDAS IMAGINE .jpg—JPEG .jp2—JPEG 2000 .png—PNG .tif—TIFF no extension for Esri Grid When storing a raster dataset in a geodatabase, no file extension should be added to the name of the raster dataset. When storing your raster dataset to a JPEG file, a JPEG 2000 file, a TIFF file, or a geodatabase, you can specify a compression type and compression quality.	Raster Dataset

Code Sample

Mirror example 1 (Python window)

This is a Python sample for Mirror.

import arcpy
arcpy.Mirror_management("c:/data/image.tif", "c:/data/mirror.tif")

Mirror example 2 (stand-alone script)

This is a Python script sample for Mirror.

##====================================
##Mirror
##Usage: Mirror_management in_raster out_raster
    
try:
    import arcpy
    
    arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Workspace"
    
    ##Mirror a TIFF format image
    arcpy.Mirror_management("image.tif", "mirror.tif")
    
except:
    print "Mirror example failed."
    print arcpy.GetMessages()

Environments

Compression, Current Workspace, Output CONFIG Keyword, Output Coordinate System, Extent, Pyramid, Raster Statistics, Scratch Workspace, Snap Raster, Tile Size, Resampling Method, NoData

Licensing Information

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: Yes

ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: Yes

ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Yes