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Python for ArcGIS Pro

By : Silas Toms, Bill Parker
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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

Introduction to ArcPy modules

ArcPy comes with a set of modules in addition to the geoprocessing tools and functions. As we’ve already seen, modules are just files that contain additional Python definitions and statements, including things like functions and variables. They are used to help organize code more logically.

ArcGIS Pro 2.8 comes with the following ArcPy modules:

  • Charts module (arcpy.charts): Allows you to create charts of your data
  • Data Access module (arcpy.da): Allows control of edit sessions and cursors for searching, inserting, and updating data
  • Geocoding module (arcpy.geocoding): Allows you to set locators and automate geocoding
  • Image Analysis module (arcpy.ia): Allows you to manage and process imagery
  • Mapping module (arcpy.mp): Allows you to work with maps, layers, and layouts to automate map production
  • Metadata module (arcpy.metadata): Allows you to access or manage an item’s metadata
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