Challenging times with Python and ArcPy for ArcGIS Pro

Turning mapping requirements from stakeholders into automated PDF maps

4.05 (48 reviews)
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Challenging times with Python and ArcPy for ArcGIS Pro
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2.5 hours
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Jan 2018
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$54.99
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What you will learn

Build ArcPy applications for Map Automation using ArcGIS Pro

Translate user mapping requirements into ArcPy solutions

Why take this course?

Have you ever been asked to automate a mapping task, which starts out from a very simple set of requirements, only to have more requirements emerge each time you show the stakeholders your solution?

Being skilled, and agile enough, to keep meeting expanding requirements is guaranteed to delight your stakeholders, and give you immense personal satisfaction, for a job well done.

In this course, I’ll go through such a scenario, by setting a few initial requirements, that I would like you to meet using Python and ArcPy for ArcGIS Pro, and encouraging you to try and do that, before providing my solution to those requirements. 

I’ll then expand upon those requirements, encourage you to upgrade your solution, and then provide my solution to the new requirements.

So that you are not kept in the dark about our end goal, I’ve attached a multi-page PDF file to the course, which illustrates the output of the final requirements.  If you view that and think, “I wish I knew how to do that”, then this is the course for you!

In this course of 26 lectures, which is suitable for English-speaking students from anywhere in the world, things that you will use and learn include:

  • ArcGIS Pro Project, Map and Layout authoring
  • Layer configuration options
  • Python string formatting
  • Using ArcGISProject, Map, Layout, MapFrame objects
  • Placing a graticule around a MapFrame
  • Defining queries on Layers
  • Using Camera, Extent and Describe objects
  • Using tools like Sort, MultipartToSinglepart, Select, GetCount
  • Building a test harness with performance timing
  • Using Search, Update and Insert Cursors
  • Using Cursors to work with both attribute and geometry fields
  • Using Python arrays of Point geometries to construct Polygon geometries
  • Using Python for loops within loops to construct table cells as features
  • Writing Python functions and modules
  • Using Python’s time module
  • Creating and using Python dictionaries
  • Cloning Graphics and Text Elements to Add Tables to Layouts
  • Converting Decimal Degrees into Degrees, Minutes and Seconds with cardinal direction
  • Creating polygon feature classes to represent table outlines and shading
  • Creating point feature classes to represent table text
  • Using attribute driven symbology to display hexadecimal colours
  • Splitting tables across pages while retaining header row
  • Replacing data sources of feature layers by updating their connection properties
  • Creating a PDF document object and appending pages into it
  • Plus much more.

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Reviews

Steven
January 5, 2021
Yes and no regarding the usefulness of this course to me. Don't think I'll need to make pdfs of every country in the world. Useful to work with the code and see how issues are tackled as they occur. Recommend you do away with the previous course that also uses a file named MakeMap.py since the same material is covered in this one plus much more.
Joan
December 13, 2018
Really enjoyed the course. The exercises were set up in a helpful way and were a good way to learn. Wish there were more but everything was covered well.
David
November 19, 2018
Great intro to what can be done with ArcPy in a real and useful application. I've done a fair amount with ArcGIS (mostly ArcMap, some ArcGIS Pro), and have a reasonable Python background, but haven't tried to do Python in ArcGIS. Now I have the confidence that I can figure it out. While the instructor's approach to cut/paste of code segments is speedy, sometimes the "what's going on here" is missed, not enough explanation or time to absorb. It's probably in some other Udemy course, but a bit more of the ArcPy module constructs for connecting to map elements would be helpful. Overall, very good!
Nico
September 7, 2018
The lectures are in a fast pace, but (beeing familiair with the basics of Python and ArcGIS Pro) easy to follow. The challenges which are fit between some lecture were too complicated for me to execute, but brought up a moment to think about the situation.

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