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Python For ArcGIS
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Title
Python For ArcGIS [electronic resource] / by Laura Tateosian.
ISBN
9783319183985
Edition
1st ed. 2015.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Physical Description
XVI, 538 p. 167 illus., 148 illus. in color : online resource.
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Summary
This book introduces Python scripting for geographic information science (GIS) workflow optimization using ArcGIS. It builds essential programming skills for automating GIS analysis. Over 200 sample Python scripts and 175 classroom-tested exercises reinforce the learning objectives. Readers will learn to: • Write and run Python in the ArcGIS Python Window, the PythonWin IDE, and the PyScripter IDE • Work with Python syntax and data types • Call ArcToolbox tools, batch process GIS datasets, and manipulate map documents using the arcpy package • Read and modify proprietary and ASCII text GIS data • Parse HTML web pages and KML datasets • Create Web pages and fetch GIS data from Web sources. • Build user-interfaces with the native Python file dialog toolkit or the ArcGIS Script tools and PyToolboxes Python for ArcGIS is designed as a primary textbook for advanced-level students in GIS. Researchers, government specialists and professionals working in GIS will also find this book useful as a reference.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 03, 2016
Contents
Introduction
Beginning Python
Basic data types: numbers and strings
Basic data types: lists and tuples
Preparing for Python in ArcGIS
Calling tools with arcpy
Getting user input
Controlling flow
Decision-making and describing data
Repetition: Looping for geoprocessing
Batch geoprocessing
Additional looping functions
Debugging
Error handling
User-defined functions
User-defined modules
Reading and Writing with Cursors
Dictionaries
Reading & writing text files
Working with HTML & KML
Classes
User interfaces for file and folder selection
ArcGIS Python GUIs
Mapping module.
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