
Extension products let you add more capabilities to ArcGIS Desktop. These specialized tools allow you to perform extended tasks such as raster geoprocessing, three-dimensional analysis, and map publishing.
Read more about ArcGIS Desktop extensions [PDF].
| Analysis | Key Benefits |
| ArcGIS 3D Analyst | Analyze your data in a realistic perspective. |
| ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst | Use advanced statistical tools to investigate our data. |
| ArcGIS Network Analyst | Perform sophisticated routing, closest facility, and service area analysis. |
| ArcGIS Schematics | Represent and understand your networks to shorten decision cycles. |
| ArcGIS Spatial Analyst | Derive answers from your data using advanced spatial analysis. |
| ArcGIS Survey Analyst | Centrally locate, process, and manage your survey and cadastral data. |
| ArcGIS Tracking Analyst | Reveal and analyze time-based patterns and trends in your data. |
| Productivity | Key Benefits |
| ArcGIS Data Interoperability | Eliminate barriers to data use and distribution. |
| ArcGIS Publisher | Freely share your maps and data with a wide range of users. |
| ArcScan for ArcGIS (included with ArcInfo and ArcEditor 9.1 and higher) |
Increase efficiency and speed up raster-to-vector data conversion time. |
| Maplex for ArcGIS (included with ArcInfo 9.1 and higher) |
Create maps that communicate more clearly with automatically positioned text and lablels. |
| Job Tracking for ArcGIS (JTX)* | Standardize and streamline your personal, departmental, and organizational workflows. |
| Solution-based | Key Benefits |
| ArcGIS Defense Solutions (includes ArcGIS Military Analyst, Grid Manager, and MOLE) |
Create workflows, processes, and symbology to support defense and intelligence planning. |
| Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS* | Simplify your high-volume map production and workflow management. |
Note: Unless noted, extensions can be used with ArcInfo, ArcEditor, and ArcView.
*Requires ArcEditor or ArcInfo
These free add-ons provide special tools for specific tasks. You can download them directly to your desktop and begin using them right away.
| No Cost Add-Ons | Key Benefits |
| ArcSketch (download) |
Quickly create features in ArcGIS using easy-to-use sketch tools. |
| Districting for ArcGIS (download) |
Create defined groupings of geographic data, such as census tracts, ZIP codes, and precincts, by creating a districting plan. |
| Geodatabase Toolset (GDBT) (download) |
Manage your scalable geodatabases with diagnostic performance tools. |
| Geoportal Extension Clients (download) |
Catalog geospatial resources within an enterprise and provide quick access to those resources regardless of location or type. |
| OLAP for ArcGIS (download) |
Create, view, use, and manage connections to OLAP databases in ArcGIS Desktop. |
| U.S. National Grid Tools for ArcGIS (download) | Support disaster relief and search and rescue with a coordinate system that can be standardized across agencies. |