Wednesday, October 17, 2007

GIS Tools

Originally, I posted this as a comment, but Silas and I thought it might need to be its on post....

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

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