Dylan, It seems to me that this problem was fixed in ArcGIS 10. Perhaps a
good reason to upgrade? Robert

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Dylan Beaudette <dylan.beaudette@gmail.com
> wrote:

> I can't believe that I am asking for advice on how to assist my
> special-needs GIS software with recognizing files created by the
> raster/rgdal packages.
>
> Recently (after some silent update by IT no doubt), I noticed that
> files created like this:
>
> writeRaster(r.mast,  filename='spatial_data/latest/mast-model',
> datatype='FLT4S', format='ENVI', overwrite=TRUE, NAflag=-999)
>
> ... aren't read-in properly by ArcGIS (9.3.1). Specifically, the
> raster statistics and the NODATA value aren't read from the file or
> from the .xml file that is automatically generated by GDAL. I have
> tried all of the different formats supported by the raster package,
> with the 'ENVI' format getting the closest to working (statistics
> almost correct but missing NODATA information). Are there any
> additional things I can do to help ArcGIS figure these files out
> without any tweaking from within the hulking beast? Ideally, I would
> like to update model estimates on a semi-regular basis and have the
> files ready for viewing by colleagues-- without manual intervention.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dylan
>
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