Accessing the Spatial Analyst toolbox and tools

The ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension makes over 170 geoprocessing tools available to you, grouped into toolsets of related functionality for ease of access.

You can find the particular tool you want to use either with the search functionality of ArcGIS, by browsing to them in the Catalog window, or through the ArcToolbox window.

The ArcToolbox window

To make the toolbox visible, in the Main menu, click Geoprocessing and click the ArcToolbox button .

Learning about the tools

To find out more information about the Spatial Analyst tools and how to execute them, see the following links:

Learn about the Spatial Analyst tools that are availableLearn about the different methods to run geoprocessing toolsLearn more about executing geoprocessing tools