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ArcPy and ArcGIS

You're reading from   ArcPy and ArcGIS Automating ArcGIS for Desktop and ArcGIS Online with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787282513
Length 272 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Silas Toms Silas Toms
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Dara OBeirne Dara OBeirne
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Python for ArcGIS 2. Creating the First Python Script FREE CHAPTER 3. ArcPy Cursors - Search, Insert, and Update 4. ArcPy Geometry Objects and Cursors 5. Creating a Script Tool 6. The arcpy.mapping Module 7. Advanced Analysis Topics 8. Introduction to ArcGIS Online 9. ArcPy and ArcGIS Online 10. ArcREST Python Package 11. ArcPy and ArcGIS Pro 12. ArcGIS API for Python

The Network Analyst module

In an effort to make the use of the Network Analyst extension more Pythonic, the newer Network Analyst (NA) module adjusts how the methods that correspond to the ArcToolbox Network Analyst tools are accessed. Instead of calling the tools directly from ArcPy, the tools are now methods of the NA module. Renaming Network Analyst toolset reduces confusion and makes it easier to remember the name of the method. See the differences as follows:

import arcpy
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Network")
busStops = r'C:\Projects\SanFrancisco.gdb\SanFrancisco\Bus_Stops'
networkDataset =
r'C:\Projects\SanFrancisco.gdb\Chapter7Results\street_network'
networkLayer = "streetRoute"
impedance = "Length"
routeLayerFile = "C:\Projects\Layer{0}_2.lyr".format(networkLayer)
arcpy.na.MakeRouteLayer(networkDataset, networkLayer,...
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