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ArcGIS Blueprints

You're reading from   ArcGIS Blueprints Explore the robust features of Python to create real-world ArcGIS applications through exciting, hands-on projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785286223
Length 378 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Pimpler Eric Pimpler
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Extracting Real-Time Wildfire Data from ArcGIS Server with the ArcGIS REST API FREE CHAPTER 2. Tracking Elk Migration Patterns with GPS and ArcPy 3. Automating the Production of Map Books with Data Driven Pages and ArcPy 4. Analyzing Crime Patterns with ArcGIS Desktop, ArcPy, and Plotly(Part 1) 5. Analyzing Crime Patterns with ArcGIS Desktop, ArcPy, and Plotly(Part 2) 6. Viewing and Querying Parcel Data 7. Using Python with the ArcGIS REST API and the GeoEnrichment Service for Retail Site Selection 8. Supporting Search and Rescue Operations with ArcPy, Python Add-Ins, and simplekml 9. Real-Time Twitter Mapping with Tweepy, ArcPy, and the Twitter API 10. Integrating Smartphone Photos with ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Online A. Overview of Python Libraries for ArcGIS Index

Converting iPhone photos to a feature class


In this step, you'll write a tool that processes a series of photos taken with an Apple iPhone. The tool will extract the latitude and longitude coordinates of each photo and write the information as individual point features in a feature class stored in a file geodatabase. Coordinate information for the photos can be extracted using the Python PIL module. In a later step, we'll update the script to also copy the photos to Dropbox.

Perform the following steps given, to create a custom ArcGIS Python Toolbox and tool to process the photos:

  1. Before completing the steps in this section, you will need to download and install the Python PIL module. Open a Command Prompt, type the following command, and press Enter. This assumes that you have already installed pip from the previous chapter. Windows installers can also be found at the project downloads page at http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/. We have the following code:

    pip install PIL
  2. Open Catalog...

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