Python Scripting for ArcGIS
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1589483715 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 358 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Python Scripting for ArcGIS is a guide for experienced users of ArcGIS Desktop to get started with Python scripting without needing previous programming experience. There are 14 chapters with corresponding online data and exercises available on the Esri Press book resource page at esripressri/bookresources.. Readers are expected to have good general ArcGIS skills and a basic understanding of geoprocessing procedures. Experience with other scripting or programming languages (Perl, VBA, VB script, Java, C++) is helpful but not required
Paul A. Zandbergen is an associate professor of geography at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. . His areas of expertise include geographic information science; spatial and statistical analysis techniques using GIS; error and uncertainty in spatial data; GIS applications in criminology, economics, health, and spatial ecology; terrain analysis and modeling; and communitybased mapping usi
ZandbergenAlbuquerque, NM USA . That's what Python scripting will do and you will need only a handful of lines of code to carry out this task. All 14 exercises are included on the Data and Exercises DVD that comes with the book. More recently, however, most software has come to rely on a graphical user interface (GUI) with very limited need to use a command line interface or to write any code. However, the objects we work with in ArcGIS (such as feature classes, polygons, and geoprocessing tools) are very different from the more generic objects used as examples in most existing titles. As a result, the majority of current college students taking their first GIS course have never seen any form of code . This makes it difficult for an experienced ArcGIS user to just pick up a general Python book and start writing scripts for ArcGIS. Although there is no lack of good introductory books on Python, most existing boo
Jorge said Five Stars. Great book for anyone wanting to learn python in arcgis.. Five Stars A great book for learning the basics of ArcGIS and arcpy.. Perfect textbook Perfect textbook, arrived fast and in excellent condition, thanks!