Monday, October 15, 2007

GIS Tools Folder on the T: Drive

Bill Avant has posted several tools and extensions for ArcGIS and GPS. They're currently located in:

T:\New Data\GIS_Tools

GIS Tools will probably become a separate folder on its own on the T: Drive.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I am currently cleaning up the GIS Tools folder. The hope is to rename them and to group them into subfolders to make it a little more user friendly.

If you are interested in taking a look at a few here's the process of adding most of them to your toolbar:

Inside Arcmap click Tools.
Click Customize.
Click the Commands tab.
Click the Add From File button.
Using the drop down, choose the T drive, the New Data folder, the GIS tools folder and the tool that you are interested in.
Click the tool.
Click Open.
You will see a dll file.
Click the dll file.
Click Open.
An "Added Objects" box should appear.
Click OK

There is a "Description" button that gives you a better description of the tool.

Now, with the tool highlighted drag it onto a toolbar inside of arcmap. It is now a button on that tool bar.

The Terraserver tool is a bit different. Once you click the OK in the Added Objects box, you do not need to drag it over to a tool bar. Simply, still in the Customize box, click the Toolbars tab, scroll to the T's and you should see TerraServer Tool. Check the box and a new toolbar will appear.

If you have any questions, please ask.
-ba

GIS Admin said...

Concerning the T Drive and the New Data directory. The New Data directory is not to be used by anyone. That particular directory was created so that new data could be put there for me to Q and A and then I will put the data out on the drive for use.