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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

The Python Package Manager

Python comes in many versions and installs for different operating systems; each one is called a Python distribution. The Python distribution that you have is dependent on the version and the operating system you have. All of the different Python versions come with the standard library of built-in modules. You have already been introduced to the sys and os modules as two of the more important built-in modules. In addition to those, there are many third-party packages that can expand functionality. ArcPy is a third-party Python package that is installed with ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro.

When you install ArcGIS Pro, you also install a custom Python distribution that works with ArcGIS Pro; for ArcGIS Pro 2.9, that is Python 3.7.11, at time of writing. This distribution includes all the standard libraries and packages, including ArcPy. To manage all of the different packages, ArcGIS Pro uses a package manager called conda. In addition to managing packages...