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Python for ArcGIS Pro

By : Silas Toms, Bill Parker
Book Image

Python for ArcGIS Pro

By: Silas Toms, Bill Parker

Overview of this book

Integrating Python into your day-to-day ArcGIS work is highly recommended when dealing with large amounts of geospatial data. Python for ArcGIS Pro aims to help you get your work done faster, with greater repeatability and higher confidence in your results. Starting from programming basics and building in complexity, two experienced ArcGIS professionals-turned-Python programmers teach you how to incorporate scripting at each step: automating the production of maps for print, managing data between ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, creating custom script tools for sharing, and then running data analysis and visualization on top of the ArcGIS geospatial library, all using Python. You’ll use ArcGIS Pro Notebooks to explore and analyze geospatial data, and write data engineering scripts to manage ongoing data processing and data transfers. This exercise-based book also includes three rich real-world case studies, giving you an opportunity to apply and extend the concepts you studied earlier. Irrespective of your expertise level with Esri software or the Python language, you’ll benefit from this book’s hands-on approach, which takes you through the major uses of Python for ArcGIS Pro to boost your ArcGIS productivity.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part I: Introduction to Python Modules for ArcGIS Pro
5
Part II: Applying Python Modules to Common GIS Tasks
10
Part III: Geospatial Data Analysis
14
Part IV: Case Studies
18
Other Books You May Enjoy
19
Index

ArcPy tools: Geoprocessing using ArcPy

Now that you know some of the basics of how to use the Python window, it is time to look at how to use geoprocessing tools. In this hands-on section, you will learn how to use the following tools in the Python window:

  • Select
  • Buffer
  • Make Feature Layer
  • Select By Feature Layer
  • Select Layer By Location
  • Copy Features

Your task is to find all of the bus stops in Oakland that are within 1,000 feet of a park. You want the end result to be a feature class of all the bus stops that fall within 1,000 feet of any park.

To do some geoprocessing, you will need some data. If you do not have the Chapter2.aprx file open in ArcGIS Pro, do so now. You will be working first with the CPAD_2020b_Units.shp file that is already in the map. If it is not in the map, add the shapefile from where you downloaded the Chapter2 folder. This is California Protected Areas Database data that shows parks and other protected...