Chapter 10. Listing and Describing GIS Data

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Getting a list of feature classes in a workspace

• Restricting the list of objects returned with a wildcard

• Restricting the list of objects returned with a feature type

• Getting a list of fields in a feature class or table

• Using the Describe() function to return descriptive information about a feature class

• Using the Describe() function to return descriptive information about an image

• Returning workspace information with the Describe() function