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ArcToolbox

ArcToolbox

ArcToolbox, part of ArcGIS software
Developer(s)	Esri
Stable release	10.0 / June, 2010
Platform	Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Available in	English
Type	GIS
License	Proprietary
Website	http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/index.html

The ArcToolbox window is the central place where you find, manage, and execute geoprocessing tools. Tools can also be managed and executed from ArcCatalog. The ArcToolbox window contains toolboxes, which in turn contain tools and toolsets (a toolset is just an organizational device, like a system folder). Tools must be contained in a toolbox—they cannot exist outside a toolbox.

ArcToolbox provides a very rich and powerful set of geoprocessing functions—well over 100 tools for easy access and use. Most of the tools in ArcToolbox are used to manipulate ArcInfo coverages, the popular geographic information system (GIS) data type. The tools in ArcToolbox create and integrate a vast array of data formats into usable GIS databases, perform advanced GIS analysis, and manipulate GIS data. With ArcToolbox, virtually all major spatial data formats can be converted to and from ArcInfo coverages, grids, and triangulated irregular networks (TINs). Topology can be generated and maintained; map sheets can be joined, clipped, and split; and advanced coverage-based modeling tools can be used.