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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

Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to reference a project and map in an ArcGIS Pro Notebook by using the arcpy.mp module. You also learned how to add, remove, and move layers to your maps with the arcpy.mp module. You explored the different options to symbolize vector and raster data using the different renderer and colorizer classes available through the module. You learned what legend properties you can adjust by using the LegendElement and LegendItem classes. You also learned how to move the scale bar and north arrow, and change the text in a text element, by accessing them through the MapSurroundElement class. You exported your layout to JPEG, PNG, and PDF using the export methods in the layout class. The example code you have seen can be applied to one map in a project, multiple maps in a project, or even multiple projects by adding loops to loop through all maps or projects. In Chapter 12, you will see more advanced examples using these skills.

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