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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

Summary

In this chapter, you have seen the value of managing your organizational GIS with ArcGIS API for Python. You uploaded data to your ArcGIS Online account from a Notebook. You created a group and shared data with that group. You created a folder and moved data to that folder to help organize your content. You have also seen how to find and edit attributes in a feature layer, and how to upload and append data to a feature layer. Finally, you created a map in a Notebook, added a feature layer to that as an SEDF and styled that data, and then saved the map to your ArcGIS Online account.

In the next chapter, you will continue to expand your skillset and learn how to create script tools. These are Python scripts that can be accessed through a standard ArcToolbox interface and can be made available for use by other team members. Script tools can access ArcGIS Online or local resources, and standardize your custom scripts so that non-Python experts can benefit from your code.

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