What happened to the Spatial Analyst toolbar?

[Anonymous User]

One of the things you may have noticed after upgrading to ArcGIS 10 is that the Spatial Analyst toolbar looks a little different. Sure, the Contour and Histogram tools are still there, but you may be asking, "Where are the other tools that were under the Spatial Analyst menu?"

ArcGIS 10 Spatial Analyst Toolbar

ArcGIS 9.3.1 Spatial Analyst Toolbar

The tools can now be directly accessed through ArcToolbox instead of the toolbar.  This change makes the tools easily accessed through the Python environment.  It also enables the environment settings to be set from a single location, whereas Spatial Analyst at 9.3.1 had its own environment settings.  With everything in one location, the Spatial Analyst Tools can access the additional geoprocessing benefits.

You can also customize the Spatial Analyst toolbar to create a menu similar to that of the previous version.  See Adding and removing tools on menus and toolbars for more information on customizing toolbars.

Remember, the toolbar will remain grayed out until raster data is added to the map, since it's not functional with vector data. The Spatial Analyst Tools are still accessible from ArcToolbox when the toolbar is grayed out, though, as long as the extension has been activated.

Check out the related links below for additional information on the Spatial Analyst toolbar.

-Timothy H., Support Analyst - Geodata Raster Group, Esri Support Services - Charlotte, NC

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</A>Capabilities of the Spatial Analyst toolbox

Accessing the Spatial Analyst toolbox and tools

Working with the Spatial Analyst toolbar

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