Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python Cookbook
This book provides the recipes you need to use Python with AcrGIS for more effective geoprocessing. Shortcuts, scripts, tools, and customizations put you in the driving seat and can dramatically speed up your workflow.
Overview
Learn how to create geoprocessing scripts with ArcPy Customize and modify ArcGIS with Python. Create time-saving tools and scripts for ArcGIS.
In Detail
ArcGIS is an industry standard geographic information system from ESRI.
This book will show you how to use the Python programming language to create geoprocessing scripts, tools, and shortcuts for the ArcGIS Desktop environment.
This book will make you a more effective and efficient GIS professional by showing you how to use the Python programming language with ArcGIS Desktop to automate geoprocessing tasks, manage map documents and layers, find and fix broken data links, edit data in feature classes and tables, and much more.
“Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python Cookbook” starts by covering fundamental Python programming concepts in an ArcGIS Desktop context. Using a how-to instruction style you’ll then learn how to use Python to automate common important ArcGIS geoprocessing tasks.
In this book you will also cover specific ArcGIS scripting topics which will help save you time and effort when working with ArcGIS. Topics include managing map document files, automating map production and printing, finding and fixing broken data sources, creating custom geoprocessing tools, and working with feature classes and tables, among others.
In “Python ArcGIS 10.1 Programming Cookbook” you’ll learn how to write geoprocessing scripts using a pragmatic approach designed around an approach of accomplishing specific tasks in a Cookbook style format.
What you will learn from this book
Fundamental Python programming skills. Update layer properties and symbology. Automate map production, printing, and the creation of PDF map books. Find and fix broken data links in your map document files. Create custom geoprocessing tools that can be shared with others. Schedule your geoprocessing scripts to run after hours. Create new feature classes or tables and add records, as well as edit feature classes and tables. Customize the ArcGIS Desktop interface with Python add-ons.
Approach
This book is written in a helpful, practical style with numerous hands-on recipes and chapters to help you save time and effort by using Python to power ArcGIS to create shortcuts, scripts, tools, and customizations.
Who this book is written for
“Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python Cookbook” is written for GIS professionals who wish to revolutionize their ArcGIS workflow with Python. Basic Python or programming knowledge is essential(?)
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Extremely Practical and Intuitive I agree that the “cookbook” part of the title is a bit of a misnomer. However, it does include very helpful scripts which take advantage of ArcGIS 10 features.What I find most useful is the fact that the organization of the book takes a building block approach which is helpful for someone who may need to get started, and equally so for someone who would like to simply pinpoint and extract what they want and need.Here are some of the useful features:*…
Extremely basic This book is an extremely basic introduction to the ArcGIS 10.1 ArcPy module, with a few minor additions whose link to ArcGIS (or to GIS at all) is tenuous (sending emails? Really? And the first chapter is a generic intro to python, better covered in dozens of other dedicated resources). The “recipes” are almost all single ArcPy methods demonstrated; those seeking interesting problems and novel solutions (like the aging, but excellent “Python Cookbook”) will be sorely…
Errata galore and very basic If you’re an ArcGIS user looking to expand your skillset, you’ll probably end up purchasing this book because there are not many other options out there. As someone new to Python but not new to programming, I was sorely disappointed with this book. If you are new to Python, do not start with this book, but with one of the O’Reilly (like Python Cookbook) versions. It will explain much more about the structure of Python, which is sorely missing in this intro book. The author sets you off on…