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Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

You're reading from Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration Install, configure, and manage ArcGIS Enterprise to publish, optimize, and secure GIS services

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788297493

Length 382 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

ArcGIS

Concepts

Geospatial Analysis

Author (1):

Chad Cooper

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. ArcGIS Enterprise Introduction and Installation

2. Enterprise Geodatabase Administration FREE CHAPTER

3. Publishing Content

4. ArcGIS Server Administration

5. Portal for ArcGIS Administration

6. Security

7. Scripting Administrative Tasks

8. The ArcGIS Python API

9. ArcGIS Enterprise Standards and Best Practices

10. Troubleshooting ArcGIS Enterprise Issues and Errors

What is the ArcGIS API for Python?

The ArcGIS API for Python was conceived at the 2015 Esri International User Conference. The project, codenamed Geosaurus, was initiated to design and implement a Pythonic web GIS API that would be powerful, modern, and easy to use. So, what exactly does that mean?

Let's look at some of the defining terms and how they relate to the usability of the API:

Powerful: The API is powerful, in that it allows you to work with all aspects of your web GIS, where a web GIS can be either ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS. With the API, you can create, manage, and use GIS resources such as web layers, web maps, users, and groups.
Modern: The API is modern, in that it is built for Python 3 and integrates easily with libraries such as pandas, NumPy, and the SciPy ecosystem of libraries.
Easy to use: Ease of use is one of Python's greatest virtues, and Esri went to great strides to build the API with usability in mind.
- Interactivity: The API comes ready to work well within...

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Authors (1)

Cooper

Cooper

https://www.linkedin.com/in/coopergeo Chad has worked in the geographic information systems realm for 13 years in technician, analyst, and developer roles. He is currently a Solutions Engineer with Geographic Information Services, Inc. (www.gisinc.com) where he works on a variety of projects for the State and Local Government team. Chad has been published in Esri's ArcUser magazine and in Python magazine. He lives in northwest Arkansas with his beautiful wife and three children.

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