To get the most out of this book

You will need the following for this book:

• ArcGIS Pro 2.6 or later version—Basic or higher license level
• Internet connection
• Exercise data from GitHub

The following table explains the operating system (OS) requirements:

Software covered in the book	OS requirements
ArcGIS Pro 2.6	Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (64 bit)
ArcGIS Online	N/A

This book will take you through the installation process for ArcGIS Pro as well as how to determine whether your computer is capable of running the application.

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Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here:https://static.packt-cdn.com/downloads/9781839210228_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText:Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles.Here is an example:"The next line after the commented description is an import command that loads the arcpy model so that the script can access ArcGIS functionality."

A block of code is set as follows:

#Specifies the input variables for the script tools
#If the data is moved or in a different database then these paths will need to be updated
Parcels = "C:\\Student\\IntroArcPro\\Databases\\Trippville_GIS.gdb\\Base\\Parcels"
Parcels_Web = "C:\\Student\\IntroArcPro\\Chapter11\\Ex11.gdb\\Parcels_Web"

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Click on the Tools button in the Insert group on the ModelBuilder tab in the ribbon."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.