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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Capabilities of the Spatial Analyst toolbox
Accessing the Spatial Analyst toolbox and tools
Working with the Spatial Analyst toolbar
why would we want tools only when raster layer available? we interpolate from vector points, etc.
and Toolbox zonal stats does not allow me to attach raster info to vector datasets anymore as I could using Spatial Analyst toolbar in 9X…I can’t do my work! Very frustrated!
I really dislike the change to the Spatial Analyst Toolbar. The convenience of the dropdown was something that I liked. All of the students that I have taught (military) are also unhappy with the change. It wasn’t broke, ESRI! You should’ve left it alone.