Course Outline
Introduction
Geospatial and Spatial Data
- Vector vs Raster data
- Metadata
- Projection and coordinate systems
Python in Depth
- Data types
- Variables, functions and conditional statements
- Loops and lists
- Classes and objects
ArcPy for ArcGIS
- Help overview
- Tool and Python references
Preparing the Development Environment
- Installing and configuring ArcGIS Desktop
Geoprocessing and Workflows
- Creating a project
- Saving code as a script
- Working with toolboxes
- Creating a custom toolbox
- Documenting scripts
- Overwriting output
- Setting current workspace and extent in geoprocessing
ArcPy Package
- Performing inventory
- Listing workspaces, datasets, classes, tables, and fields
- Describing and walking data
- Working with geometries
- Using arcpy.da
- Implementing symbology
- Adding and manipulating layers
Summary and Conclusion
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Requirements
- An understanding of ArcGIS
Audience
- GIS Analysts
Testimonials (2)
Hands-on examples allowed us to get an actual feel for how the program works. Good explanations and integration of theoretical concepts and how they relate to practical applications.
Ian - Archeoworks Inc.
Course - ArcGIS Fundamentals
The thing I liked the most about the training was the organization and the location