You're reading from ArcPy and ArcGIS: Geospatial Analysis with Python Use the ArcPy module to automate the analysis and mapping of geospatial data in ArcGIS

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783988662

Length 224 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

ArcGIS

Concepts

Geospatial Analysis

Author (1):

Silas Toms

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Python for ArcGIS

2. Configuring the Python Environment FREE CHAPTER

3. Creating the First Python Script

4. Complex ArcPy Scripts and Generalizing Functions

5. ArcPy Cursors – Search, Insert, and Update

6. Working with ArcPy Geometry Objects

7. Creating a Script Tool

8. Introduction to ArcPy.Mapping

9. More ArcPy.Mapping Techniques

10. Advanced Geometry Object Methods

11. Network Analyst and Spatial Analyst with ArcPy

12. The End of the Beginning

Index

Chapter 2. Configuring the Python Environment

In this chapter, we will configure both Python and our computer to work together to execute Python scripts. Path variables and environment variables will be configured to ensure that import statements work as expected, and that scripts run when they are clicked on. The structure of the Python folder will be discussed, as will the location of the ArcPy module within the ArcGIS folder structure. We will also discuss Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), programs designed to assist in code creation and code execution, and compare and contrast existing IDEs to determine what benefits each IDE can offer when scripting Python code.

This chapter will cover:

The location of the Python interpreter, and how it is called to execute a script
Adjusting the computer's environment variables to ensure correct code execution
Integrated Development Environments
Python's folder structure, with a focus on where modules are stored

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Authors (1)

Silas Toms

Silas Toms is a geographer and geospatial developer from California. Over the last decade, Silas has become an expert in the use of Python programming for geospatial analysis, publishing two books on the use of ArcPy. Now, as a President of Loki Intelligent Corporation, Silas develops ETL automation tools, interactive web maps, enterprise GIS, and location data for businesses and governments. Silas teaches classes on programming for GIS with BayGeo, and co-hosts The Mappyist Hour podcast.

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