Basics of Python & arcpy , the Python library of ESRI ArcGIS

Understand the syntax of Python and essentials of arcpy for geoprocessing

Created byAhmad Aburizaiza

Last updated 4/2017

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What you'll learn

Understand the essential concepts of the Python programming language.
Develop in ArcGIS's arcpy package using Python.

Course content

3 sections • 20 lectures • 2h 17m total length

Quick introduction to programming and its benefits.5:30
In this lecture you will:

Understand programming definition through graphics.
Describe how programming can increase your income.
List possible things you can do with programming.
What is programming?
What is Python?3:55
This lecture will help you:
Recognize that Python is an easy programming language to learn.
Observe how Python is getting more famous.
Know that you use Python and arcpy in IDLE, ArcMap or ArcCatalog.
Build the Hello World Program in Python.
About Python
Understanding variables - more depth on numeric11:34
In this lecture you will:
Understand what are variables in Python.
Distinguish the different types of variables.
Experiment the numeric variable type.
About variables in general and more about numeric
Variables - booleans3:04
In this lecture you will:
Differentiate another variable data type known as boolean.
Understand how it can be used in various code blocks such as conditional statements and while loops.
Variables- booleans
Variables - strings + commenting and user input13:23
We are still talking about variables. You will:
Understand the string data type which means text value.
Associate string values with methods
Examine how you can comment your code.
Utilize user's input to assign a variable value.
Variables - strings
Conditional statements8:00
A very important and powerful control in programming is known as conditional statements. Through this lecture you will:
Understand the concept of indentation in Python.
Construct blocks of conditional statements.
Realize that a condition in a conditional statement is a boolean value.
Questions about conditional statements
Lists and loops6:16
Lists are another variable data types. In this lecture you will:
Learn that you can store more than one value in one variable.
Classify two ways to loop into code.
Realize how lists and loops can be very useful in many programming scenarios.
About the essentials of lists and loops
Coding examples for lists and loops3:59
This is a continuous lecture for lecture 7. In this lecture you will experiment lists and loops in coding.
Lists and loops in practice

Functions in Python7:12
This is the first lecture of section 2. You will:
Determine why functions can be helpful to you.
Know how to create a function.
Understand how to pass parameters to a function.
Learn how to call a function.
Distinguish the scopes of variables, local Vs. global.
Quiz about functions
Reading data from .csv files5:06
In the GIS world, it is very common to read coordinates and attributes data from .csv or .txt files. In this lecture you will:

Define file objects.
Understand how to open files from inside your code.
Learn how to read data inside files also from inside your code.
Determine how to free computer memory resources after using a file from code.
Getting data from .csv
OOP Concepts10:25
This is a very important concept in programming. It is referred to as Object Oriented Programming "OOP". In this lecture you will:

Understand what is OOP?
Recognize Classes as blue prints or factories to create objects.
Understand Objects created from classes.
Distinguish the differences between packages and modules in Python.
OOP essentials
IDLE practice on OOP concepts8:12
This lecture is a follow up for lecture 12. In this lecture you will:
Examine the structure of Python packages and modules.
Explore the location of the arcpy package on your ArcGIS installation folder.
Learn how to create objects from pre-defined classes.
More about OOP essentials

Describing the structure of arcpy4:56
This is the first lecture of section 3. In this lecture you will:

Understand the details about how ESRI structure their arcpy package.
Learn how the C++ ArcObjects is integrated into arcpy package.
Determine how arcpy is different than common Python packages.
Understand the structure of the mapping module.
arcpy structure
Understand ESRI's arcpy documentation6:05
In this lecture, you will learn how to navigate ESRI's documentation of arcpy.
The following links are needed for this lecture:
http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/analyze/arcpy/what-is-arcpy-.htm
http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/analysis-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-analysis-toolbox.htm
http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-general-toolset.htm
Questions about arcpy documentation
MapDocument class6:58
In this lecture you will:
Understand the MapDocument class.
Learn about MapDocuments' properties and methods.
Distinguish between read/write and read only properties.
About the MapDocument class
Exploring MapDocument class in ArcMap5:04
This is a follow up lecture of lecture 15. In this lecture you will:
Use the MapDocument class inside the ArcMap environment.
Write code in IDLE about the MapDocument class.
More about MapDocument
Layer class, AddLayer, and ListLayers functions7:31
In this lecture you will:
Understand another class in the mapping module named Layer.
Learn about two handy functions also inside the mapping module named ListLayers, and AddLayer.
Adding and manipulating layers in ArcMap
Layers in action7:24
This lecture is a follow up for lecture 17. In this lecture you will:
Define Layers objects.
Add layers to DataFrames through code.
Read all layers in a MapDocument or a specific DataFrame.
Experiment in both ArcMap and IDLE environments.
Layers coding
arcpy tools7:35
In this lecture, you will:
Understand the merge, copy, buffer, intersect, and clip tools.
Learn that the above tools are read from the ArcObject library.
Distinguish between required and optional parameters, which can be passed to the tools.
About arcpy tools
Practice coding with arcpy tools5:40
This lecture is a follow up lecture of lecture 19. In this lecture you will:
Code using the tools to perform geospatial operations.
Construct scripts to perform more than one geospatial operation on data.
More questions about arcpy tools

Requirements

To have access for ArcGIS and to know the basics of ArcGIS
For programming skills, students do not need any experience. For ArcGIS, they should be familiar with basic terminologies.

Description

Increase your GIS salary by 50% average.

Welcome everyone! This course teaches the essentials of the Python programming language to utilize arcpy, the Python package for the leading GIS software, ArcGIS - ESRI. It is the first Udemy course about Python for arcpy. and it is very affordable compared to other similar training courses ranging from $1,000 - $2,000. If you work in the GIS business world or even your job has some GIS involved, I advice you to go ahead and take this course. It will help you promote in your job and increase your income.

GIS is the most integrated field with many business and work disciplines such as IT, engineering, marketing, and planning. ArcGIS is the most used GIS software in the world. To become a stronger GIS professinal and to increase your salary in the GIS business world by 50% average, you need to learn how to program. Python is one of the most spreading programming languages in the IT world. ArcGIS's arcpy package is dependent on Python. The arcpy package can save you a lot of repeated tasks involved in geospatial data administration and analysis.

In this course, I don't assume that you are very familiar with Python. I will start from level zero and teach you what you need from Python in order to utilize arcpy easily. There is a quiz associated with each lecture so you can test yourself. You will learn how to access MXDs and their layers programmatically and also run geospatial analysis tools without opening ArcMap. I am explaining a lot of details in both Python and arcpy so you can really understand and master the concepts in practice.

Again welcome everyone and I hope you register and learn.

Who this course is for:

ESRI users, ArcMap users
GIS interns, geography interns, geospatial interns, spatial interns
GIS students, geography students, geospatial students, spatial students
GIS technicians, geography technicians, geospatial technicians, spatial technicians
GIS analysts, geospatial analysts, spatial analysts
Python beginners, arcpy beginners, computer science students, computer science interns
Data analysts, Data scientists
Geomatics engineers, Civil engineers, environmental engineers

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