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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

Inspecting the final script

Once all of the parameters have been collected, the variables are then used to replace the hard-coded field lists or other static script elements with the new dynamic parameters collected from the script tool. In this manner the script becomes a valuable tool, which can be used for multiple data analysis, as the fields to be analyzed are now dynamic.

# Import libraries and define variables to be derived from parameters
import arcpy, csv
busStops = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
censusBlocks2010 = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
censusBlockField = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2)
csvname = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(3)
headers = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(4).split(',')
sql = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(5)
keyfields = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(6).split(';')
dataDic = {}
censusFields = [ 'BLOCKID10',censusBlockField,'SHAPE@']
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