A Guide to the Python Universe for ESRI Users
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A Guide to the Python Universe for ESRI Users Howard Butler Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology Iowa State University Ames, IA 50010 Abstract ArcGIS 9 will provide scripting capabilities with the Geoprocessing Framework. This will allow scripting languages like Python to automate tasks with ArcGIS. Python has historically provided many other opportunities for scripting GIS. This paper describes an overview of the GIS tools available for use scripting with Python. Functionality such as working with grids, image manipulation, reading and writing shapefiles, delivering maps to the Web, and communicating with the Microsoft TerraServer are described. An overview will give the reader more tools in his/her toolbox to integrate with existing software. Introduction Scripting in ESRI environments historically has belonged to two schools of thought. First is the AML (Arc Macro Language) model, which wears its PrimOS heritage on its sleeve. You pipe output to files, data handling is file-system and directory-based, and code is very Ebook Relate: python ebook scripting ebook guide ebook tools ebook historically ebook with the ebook for esri ebook universe for ebook python universe ebook the python universe ebook |
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