{"id":1232762,"date":"2021-05-20T17:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T00:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1232762"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T00:28:27","slug":"whats-new-for-spatial-analyst-in-arcgis-pro-2-8","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/whats-new-for-spatial-analyst-in-arcgis-pro-2-8","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New for Spatial Analyst in ArcGIS Pro 2.8"},"author":4051,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,37101],"tags":[760302,29991,39421],"industry":[],"product":[36561,37031],"class_list":["post-1232762","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-announcements","tag-arcgis-pro-2-8","tag-raster-analysis","tag-spatial-analyst","product-arcgis-pro","product-spatial-analyst"],"acf":{"short_description":"Spatial Analyst in ArcGIS Pro 2.8 offers improved Distance, Reclassification and Zonal analysis. New help content is available for Distance.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>A primary focus for the ArcGIS Pro 2.8 release is to improve performance and productivity. But that didn&#8217;t prevent us from adding some new and enhanced capabilities to the Spatial Analyst extension! We also completely revamped the help content for Distance analysis. Read on to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Where do I get it?<\/h2>\n<p>ArcGIS Pro 2.8 was released on May 13, 2021.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/install-and-sign-in-to-arcgis-pro.htm\">Download from here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/get-started\/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm\">What\u2019s New for ArcGIS Pro 2.8<\/a> for a complete summary of all the changes that were made for this release.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>What\u2019s changed?<\/h2>\n<p>The main areas of improvement are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Suitability Modeler<\/li>\n<li>Distance<\/li>\n<li>Multidimensional<\/li>\n<li>Reclassification<\/li>\n<li>Segmentation and classification<\/li>\n<li>Surface<\/li>\n<li>Zonal<\/li>\n<li>ArcPy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>1. Suitability Modeler<\/h3>\n<p>The interface of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/spatial-analyst\/suitability-modeler\/what-is-the-suitability-modeler.htm\">Suitability Modeler<\/a> was enhanced, and performance improved throughout. The <strong>Unique Categories<\/strong> and <strong>Range of Classes<\/strong> transformation methods now utilize bar charts.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>2. Distance analysis<\/h3>\n<p>Many new conceptual help topics for <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/distance-analysis.htm\">distance analysis<\/a> were added for ArcGIS Pro 2.8.\u00a0 Read through them to learn more about the various kinds of analysis you can perform with the Spatial Analyst extension. There are also plenty of graphics, examples, and use cases.<\/p>\n<p>The geodesic accuracy and performance was improved for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Geoprocessing tools: <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/distance-accumulation.htm\">Distance Accumulation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/distance-allocation.htm\">Distance Allocation<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/optimal-region-connections.htm\">Optimal Region Connections<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Raster functions: <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/distance-accumulation-global-function.htm\">Distance Accumulation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/distance-allocation-global-function.htm\">Distance Allocation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Legacy tools: <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/euclidean-allocation.htm\">Euclidean Allocation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/euclidean-back-direction.htm\">Euclidean Back Direction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/euclidean-direction.htm\">Euclidean Direction<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/euclidean-distance.htm\">Euclidean Distance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Legacy raster functions: <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/euclidean-allocation-global-function.htm\">Euclidean Allocation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/euclidean-back-direction-function.htm\">Euclidean Back Direction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/euclidean-direction-function.htm\">Euclidean Direction<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/euclidean-distance-global-function.htm\">Euclidean Distance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The handling of units of the vertical coordinate system was improved for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Geoprocessing tools: Distance Accumulation and Distance Allocation<\/li>\n<li>Raster functions: Distance Accumulation and Distance Allocation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/least-cost-path-global-function.htm\">Least Cost Path<\/a> raster function was relocated to the Legacy group.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>3. Multidimension analysis<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/aggregate-multidimensional-raster.htm\">Aggregate Multidimensional Raster<\/a> tool has a new <strong>Percentile <\/strong>aggregation method. New parameters are available to set the percentile value and the interpolation method to use. Use the new <strong>Dimensionless<\/strong> parameter to specify whether the input layer has dimension values.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>4. Reclassification<\/h3>\n<p>For the Spatial Analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/reclassify.htm\">Reclassify<\/a> tool, the <strong>Reclassification<\/strong> parameter now allows you to generate a remap table based on the values of the input raster. Use the <strong>Classify<\/strong> option to select the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/data-classification-methods.htm\">Data classification method<\/a> and the number of classes to use.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>5. Segmentation and classification analysis<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/export-training-data-for-deep-learning.htm\">Export Training Data For Deep Learning<\/a> tool has a new <strong>Additional Input Raster<\/strong> parameter. Use it to set an additional input imagery source for image translation methods.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>6. Surface analysis<\/h3>\n<p>To better represents its capabilities, the <strong>Viewshed 2<\/strong> tool dialog was renamed to <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/viewshed-2.htm\">Geodesic Viewshed<\/a>. In Python, the tool name remains as Viewshed2, so your existing scripts will continue to work as-is.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>7. Zonal analysis<\/h3>\n<p>Performance for calculating the <strong>Median<\/strong> and <strong>Percentile<\/strong> statistics has been improved when float rasters are used as input to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/zonal-statistics.htm\">Zonal Statistics<\/a> tool, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/zonal-statistics-as-table.htm\">Zonal Statistics as Table<\/a> tool, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/zonal-statistics-global-function.htm\">Zonal Statistics<\/a> raster function.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>8. Geoprocessing functions<\/h3>\n<p>In the Spatial Analyst module, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/aggregate.htm\">Aggregate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/slope.htm\">Slope<\/a> now create a function raster output when executed from ArcPy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Spatial Analyst resources<\/h2>\n<p>We regularly update the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/spatial-analyst-resources\/\">Spatial Analyst resources<\/a> blog with the latest developments and links to informative content.\u00a0 Some recent posts of interest are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/spatial-approaches-to-determine-accessibility\/\">Spatial approaches to determine accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/new-slope-aspect-curvature\/\">New Surface Analysis Capabilities in ArcGIS Pro 2.7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>While the main driver for this release was improving the quality, we here on the Spatial Analyst team also put in some other additional improvements in capabilities that we hope you will appreciate.\u00a0 As always, we welcome your feedback, so let us know what is working well for you, what needs some attention, and what new things you would like to see.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4051,"user_firstname":"Juan","user_lastname":"Laguna","nickname":"Juan Laguna","user_nicename":"juan","display_name":"Juan Laguna","user_email":"jlaguna@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:15:40","user_description":"Juan is a Product Engineer and Documentation Lead on the Spatial Analyst team.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/stonehenge_trim-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":"","card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RasterAnalysis-WhatsNew22_1061-card.jpg","wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RasterAnalysis-WhatsNew22_1061-banner-wide.jpg"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Learn about what&#039;s new for Spatial Analyst in ArcGIS Pro 2.8<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spatial Analyst in ArcGIS Pro 2.8 has new capabilities and improved performance in Distance, Reclassification, and Zonal analysis. 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