Laura Tateosian - Python For ArcGIS [2016, PDF, ENG]

Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 1
2 Beginning Python .................................................................................... 13
3 Basic Data Types: Numbers and Strings .............................................. 37
4 Basic Data Types: Lists and Tuples ....................................................... 59
5 ArcGIS and Python ................................................................................. 77
6 Calling Tools with Arcpy ........................................................................ 95
7 Getting User Input .................................................................................. 119
8 Controlling Flow ..................................................................................... 133
9 Decision-Making and Describing Data ................................................. 141
10 Repetition: Looping for Geoprocessing ................................................ 171
11 Batch Geoprocessing ............................................................................... 187
12 Additional Looping Functions ............................................................... 209
13 Debugging ................................................................................................ 223
14 Error Handling ........................................................................................ 241
15 User-Defined Functions .......................................................................... 261
16 User-Defined Modules ............................................................................ 291
17 Reading and Writing with Cursors ....................................................... 309
18 Dictionaries .............................................................................................. 335
19 Reading and Writing Text Files ............................................................. 357
20 Working with HTML and KML ............................................................ 385
21 Classes ...................................................................................................... 415
22 User Interfaces for File and Folder Selection ....................................... 435
23 ArcGIS Python GUIs .............................................................................. 449
24 Mapping Module ..................................................................................... 505
Index ................................................................................................................. 531