Turning mapping requirements from stakeholders into automated PDF maps
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 26Â 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.
Build ArcPy applications for Map Automation using ArcGIS Pro
Translate user mapping requirements into ArcPy solutions
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Graeme provides training, consulting and support in: ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcPy/Python, ModelBuilder/Geoprocessing, ArcGIS Online, Story Maps and Family HiStory Mapping. He has been using Esri software intensively for over 25 years (18 of those with Esri International Distributors in the United Kingdom and Australia), and always installs the latest versions of the ArcGIS platform as soon as they are...
The course is useful
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.
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.
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!
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.
It is much faster than the introduction course so harder to follow
Great explanation!
Very little python! too much GUI.
Logical and easy to follow instructions.
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Subhash R. J.
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