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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

ArcGIS Pro Notebooks

ArcGIS Pro Notebooks are a way to create, save, and share documents that contain Python code and visualizations. They are built on top of the open-source web application, Jupyter notebook. ArcGIS Pro Notebooks (referred to from here on as Notebooks) allow you to manage data, perform analysis, and view your results immediately.

With Notebooks, you can automate workflows and then easily share your automation by sharing your Notebook. In addition, they can be used as a sandbox to test your code and then save it when you have it working.

Notebooks have all the core Python functionality, in addition to ArcPy, the ArcGIS API for Python, and access to third-party libraries such as NumPy and pandas.

In Chapter 2, Basics of ArcPy, you used the Python window to write code in ArcGIS Pro; Notebooks are another way to write code in ArcGIS Pro. The following table shows you a comparison of the benefits of the Python window and an ArcGIS Pro Notebook:

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