Silas Toms - ArcPy and ArcGIS – Geospatial Analysis with Python [2015, PDF/ePub, ENG]

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1: Introduction to Python for ArcGIS
Overview of Python
Python as a programming language
Important Python Modules for GIS Analysis
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2: Configuring the Python Environment
What is a Python script?
What is the Python interpreter?
Make Python scripts executable when clicked on
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
Python folder structure
The sys.path.append() method
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3: Creating the First Python Script
Prerequisites
Creating a model and exporting to Python
Exporting the model and adjusting the script
File paths in Python
Continuing the script analysis: the ArcPy tools
Adjusting the Script
Adding the CSV module to the script
The final script
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4: Complex ArcPy Scripts and Generalizing Functions
Python functions–Avoid repeating code
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5: ArcPy Cursors – Search, Insert, and Update
The data access module
Inserting a polyline geometry
Inserting a polygon geometry
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6: Working with ArcPy Geometry Objects
ArcPy geometry object classes
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7: Creating a Script Tool
Adding dynamic parameters to a script
Creating a Script tool
Inspecting the final script
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8: Introduction to ArcPy.Mapping
Using ArcPy with map documents
Inspecting and replacing layer sources
Automated map document adjustment
Running the script in the Python Window
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9: More ArcPy.Mapping Techniques
Using arcpy.mapping to control Layer objects
Definition queries
Controlling the data frame window extent and scale
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10: Advanced Geometry Object Methods
Creating a Python module
Adding advanced analysis components
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11: Network Analyst and Spatial Analyst with ArcPy
The Network Analyst extension
Using Network Analyst
The Network Analyst module
Accessing the Spatial Analyst Extension
The final result
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12: The End of the Beginning
Getting field information from feature classes
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