ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Blog

The new ArcGIS Pro Multicriteria Overlay tool offers seven ways to combine rasters for better spatial decision-making.

Learn how two new tools in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 3.7 can help you account for culverts in hydrologic analysis workflows.

ArcGIS Pro 3.7 introduces geodesic distance calculation in the Geodesic Flow Direction tool, improving accuracy at large and global scales.

Spatial Analyst in Pro 3.7 features a new approach to weighting criteria for Suitability Modelling, interactive contours, nine new geoprocessing tools, and 14 tools with improvements or new parameters.

Create contour lines for each location you click with Interactive Contour in ArcGIS Pro.

Learn how the Raster to Weighted Points tool turns density surface into model-ready point features for feature-analytics.

Learn how the Generate Weighted Voronoi tool in ArcGIS Pro creates spatial influence zones shaped by attributes and weights, not just geographic distance.

Your ideas in the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Ideas Exchange help us learn from how you use ArcGIS Spatial Analyst in your everyday work. This post explains how Spatial Analyst ideas are organized using labels and offers guidance on how to write an idea with enough clarity and context to be meaningful to others reading it. 

A New Place to Share and Shape the Future of ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 

The Spatial Analyst community plays a vital role in how spatial modeling and raster-based spatial analysis continue to evolve across the ArcGIS platform. Your ideas, questions, and real-world examples highlight the unique problems you are solving and where the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst team can continue to support you. 

This new space brings Spatial Analyst ideas together in one place and makes it easier for you to share feedback, explore ideas from peers, and help influence what comes next.

Map county-level property damage from major hazards (2000–2020) using Space Time Kernel Density and Zonal Characterization tools in ArcGIS Pro.