Esri Desktop Extensions

Additional analysis tools for ArcGIS Desktop that provides further insight into GIS data, allows for the creation of better workflows and serve within numerous diverse industries. Extensions work at all licensing levels of ArcGIS Desktop (*unless otherwise noted)

Analysis Extensions
ArcGIS 3D Analyst
ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst
ArcGIS Network Analyst
ArcGIS Schematics
ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
ArcGIS Survey Analyst
ArcGIS Tracking Analyst

Productivity Extensions
ArcGIS Data Interoperability
ArcGIS Publisher
ArcScan for ArcGIS
Maplex for ArcGIS

Specialized GIS Extensions
ArcLogistics
Business Analyst
Job Tracking for ArcGIS (JTX)
PLTS — GIS Data ReViewer

ArcGIS 3D Analyst
Bring your GIS data into the third dimension to provide advanced analysis from a unique perspective. 3D Analyst allows the viewing of surfaces from multiple viewpoints that is not available with two-dimensional data. Using the ArcGlobe application you can manage views from a local or global perspective and interact with your data on a three dimensional surface. This extension provides the ability to export your visualization to video files.

Key Features Include:
Data Visualization — Use three-dimensional exploration of your GIS data
Interactivity — Navigation tools allow for exploration, query and unique display of your 3D GIS data
Surface Analysis — Create sophisticated analysis for modeling, viewing and analysis of your data
3D Symbols — Visually enhance your 3D GIS data with unique symbols and representations
Animation — Create fly-throughs to better explore and explain the meaning of your GIS data.

ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst
This extension for ArcGIS Desktop provides many different analytical ways to explore data anomalies, surfaces or predict the outcome of a process. Examining variable data by finding data features outside of the average or by identifying global trends between one or more data sets allows for the creation of these predictions. The models and tools with this extension leverage visualization and data management for powerful geostatistical analysis.

Key Features Include:
Spatial Analysis Tools — Work with different types of statistical analyses to explore GIS data
Random Data Testing — Use various interpolation methods to work with radial based functions, polynomials and kriging
Rendering — Data analysis with contours, hillshading and grids
Export Data — Incorporate your predictions and analysis to points, polygons, contours, and grids

ArcGIS Network Analyst
Provide network-based spatial analysis for your data. This extension provides examination of realistic network conditions for travel directions, routing, facilities and service area analysis. Leveraging this powerful extension enables high quality network analysis in logistics, transportation, public safety, utilities, education and any other business that uses network modeling.

Key Features Include:
Routing — Multipoint Routing
Service Areas — Generation of complex polygons, spans across networks
Closest Facility — Mobile and fixed asset routing, works with emergency response
Directions — Auto generated driving directions, insert and expand inset maps

ArcGIS Schematics
The ArcGIS schematics extensions allows for the manipulation and display of diagrams in many different geographic and schematic views from data from within a geodatabase. By presenting a clear and focused view of network data, ArcGIS schematics extension enables a quicker understanding of network connectivity and network architectures and therefore decreases decision times. It also provides a good ROI on automated generation of schematic diagrams versus traditional CAD schematic designs. Use this extension to also model social networks, generate flowcharts and manager interdependencies while evaluating and performing quality control of network data. 

Key Features Include:
Automatic Diagram Generation — Create schematic views without the use of CAD and without the use of additional time consuming steps needed to build the network design
Multiple Representations — View the same data in different graphical forms to provide a better understanding of the data and its organization from different perspectives
Interaction with GIS — Displays in ArcMap for geographical analysis and simple user interface and map output
Access to Multiple Data Sources — Work with both spatial and non-spatial data in order to incorporate company-wide data enabling complete network asset management

ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
A comprehensive toolset for raster-based spatial modeling and GIS analysis. By performing complex raster operations with this extension you can gain new meaning and information from your existing data by analysis of spatial relationships. Spatial models generated with this toolset can provide relationship data for many different uses including; finding suitable locations, prediction of fire risk, land use analysis, demographic analysis, modeling crime patterns and risk assessment.

Key Features Include:
Suitability Analysis — Select the best location for a new site
Surface Analysis — Identify patterns within complex surface features
Distance Analysis — Use techniques such as least-cost path, shortest path and cost-weighted distance
Density Analysis — Provide density values for each cell in a raster output
Graphical Modeling — Enhanced ModelBuilder tool for advanced workflows
Raster Generalization — Generalize your dataset to exclude unnecessary details

ArcGIS Survey Analyst
Designed for surveyors and GIS users, this extension provides tools to create and maintain cadastral data in ArcGIS for a more efficient workflow. Existing survey methodologies provide enhanced accuracy of your data. GIS data can be created, edited and maintained based on survey measurement data and procedures. Reduce the time needed to create accurate parcel and subdivision data while keeping track of all changes.

Key Features Include:
Maintain History — Parcel changes can be tracked back based on date enabling
Surveying Methodologies — Proven surveying techniques produces accuracy parcel location
Advanced Queries — Unique queries allows for the selection of features such as parcels that intersect specific roads
Multiple Projections — Be able to maintain data within many different projections. All parcels can remain in one seamless fabric while editing parcels in their respective coordinate systems

ArcGIS Tracking Analyst
Visualize time based changes in your GIS data with the Tracking Analyst extension. This extension provides the ability to conduct spatial analysis and view temporal patterns within datasets. The playback of historical data allows for the building of analysis charts to show historical data changes versus real time data changes.

Key Features Include:
Data Display — Display data in static, dynamic or discrete in real time or historical views
Exporting — Export data to shapefiles or geodatabase formats or a map into a multimedia file
Time Range — Supports long term datasets, from January 1, 4713 B.C. to December 31, 9999 A.D.

ArcGIS Data Interoperability
This extension enables users to view and distribute data in many formats. Export data to over 50 spatial data types and read and work with over 75 different spatial data types, including, XML, Autodesk DWG/DXF, MicroStation Design, and Oracle and Oracle Spatial. Provide custom format definitions and data transformations to support complex models while being able to integrate with the ArcGIS geoprocessing environment and the ModelBuilder framework. Automated data translation makes importing and exporting spatial types quick and easy.

ArcGIS Publisher
Distribute and share your maps and GIS data easier than ever with the ArcGIS Publisher extension. Published map files (.pmf) are created from ArcMap documents (.mxd) which can be viewed using any ArcGIS Desktop product, including the free ArcReader application, which makes sharing your GIS data easy. This extension also enables you to control and protect distribution of your data and maps from unauthorized modifications. GIS users can also build custom map viewers for your maps.

ArcScan for ArcGIS

An extension with a comprehensive toolset for easy raster to vector data conversion. This extension produces a timesaving workflow for automatic vectorization for the postprocessing of datasets. Create vector features from an entire dataset or select the individual areas you wish to convert. Raster images can be turned directly into shapefiles or geodatabase line and polygon features.

Maplex for ArcGIS
Enhance the overall quality of your map production by automating high accuracy cartographic text placement and labeling with Maplex. With the higher accuracy placement of labels and text you can more effectively communicate the ideas of your maps with end users. Automation reduces the time and manual effort needed to effectively place annotation.

ArcLogistics
A complete fleet routing and scheduling solution. Use this extension to create dynamic routes and schedules that will cut your logistical costs by lowering fuel costs and improving customer service. ArcLogistics works with organizations of any size, from small to large. Industries with fleet management that can be directly impacted by this extension include but are not limited to, courier services, food and beverage, utility and telecom, and business to consumer (B2C). Provide a significant ROI with ArcLogistics by optimizing routing, scheduling, internal processes, vehicle usage and maintenance and the street network that defines your routes. Large fleets can benefit from improved scheduling of vehicle maintenance, balancing workloads and efficiently handle same day changes to scheduling. Smaller fleets can experience significant gains in the number of stops completed and meeting the challenges of limited resources. Customer service will improve across the board as you will be able to honor more time commitments and effectively dispatch the appropriate staff to a job. ArcLogistics can easily fit in within your organization as it works with any ODBC compliant database, so it can integrate with your existing fleet routing and CRM systems.

ArcGIS Business Analyst
Make better business decisions by combining your current GIS data with demographic and consumer based data. Create improved sales figures by combining current sales data with competitor locations and the demographics within those regions. This extension will allow you to better understand your market, your customers and your competition. With ArcGIS Business Analyst you will be able to target underserved markets, develop consumer and demographic reports to share with your sales team, expand into new markets, and be able to find the ideal locations for new stores and marketing. You will also be able to save your organization time and money by automating analyses that are frequently used as well as build interactive sales forecast models. ArcGIS Business Analyst brings GIS directly into your sales efforts and provides the appropriate information for your customers and your markets.

Job Tracking for ArcGIS (JTX)
A unique extension designed for any multiuser GIS project. JTX provides job tracking and workflow management tools for projects that will ultimately save time and money in the management aspect of your project. JTX allows for the defining and organization of individual tasks within a workflow and allows for allocating resources from the beginning to end of a job. The details of job actions are recording, providing a historical record throughout the project. Track edits to features and metadata while managing versions for multiple version editing. JTX is also available as an ArcGIS Server extension.

PLTS — GIS Data ReViewer
Increase the overall quality of your data with the GIS Data ReViewer. An extension to ArcGIS Desktop that provides a complete set of QC tools that simplify automated and visual QC tasks of your data. This extension provides a more efficient and consistent review process of GIS data. Error identification and logs quickly and accurately point you to anomalies within your GIS datasets. GIS analysts will find their workflows enhanced by eliminating traditional error tracking techniques with pen and paper as well as an improvement of the data review process itself.