Transcript Extending ArcGIS with Python

Extending ArcGIS with Python
Clinton Dow – Geoprocessing Product Engineer @ Esri
ArcPy: Moving Forward
‘Python is the language of GIS.’ – Bill Moreland, Esri Dev Summit 2016
• Python
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2 vs. 3 in ArcGIS
Python 2 End of Support Countdown Clock!
- ArcGIS Pro 1.2  Python 3.4.3
ArcGIS 10.4  Python 2.7.10
- ArcGIS Pro 1.3+  Decoupled Python!
ArcGIS for Server  Python 2.7.10
Extending ArcGIS with Python Modules
Python is a ‘Batteries Included’ Programming Language
• Python
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Distutils
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Create Packages of your Python code for distribution to other programmers
Collections
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Standard Library
Utilize common functions on collections of objects
Itertools
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Powerful functions to iterate over collections of objects
There Must Be A Better Way!
Never Underestimate The Python Standard Library!
• Raymond
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Hettinger
Transforming Code Into Beautiful, Idiomatic Python
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSGv2VnC0go
Extending ArcGIS with Python Modules
Python is a ‘Batteries Included’ Programming Language
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Data Types
CSV
Excel
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Xlrd
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xlwt
XML
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Etree
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DOM
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SAX
JSON
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Serialize/Deserialize dictionary-like data structure
Extending ArcGIS with Python Modules
Utilize the Extended Python Ecosystem in your ArcGIS Tools
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Scientific
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Utility
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Web-Scraping
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Jupyter
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Requests
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BeautifulSoup
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IPython
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Arrow
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Scrapy
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NumPy
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Chardet
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SciPy
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Pandas
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Bokeh
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PySAL
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Plotly
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SciKit Learn
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Visualization
Extending ArcGIS with Python Modules
Utilize the Extended Python Ecosystem in your ArcGIS Tools
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Web Framework
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Django
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GeoDjango
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Web Service API
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Twitter
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AWS
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Flask
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ElasticSearch
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Pyramid
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Etc…
awesome-python on GitHub
Curated list of the best Python packages as chosen by the GitHub community
The Future of Python in ArcGIS
Continuum Analytics’ conda VirtualEnv & Package Manager
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integration into ArcGIS
Advanced Python Package Management
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Curated channels of scientific Python packages
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Includes C and Fortran compiler
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Create and host your own conda packages
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Easily share your code with the GIS community
Built-In Virtual Environment Support
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Manage multiple environments with access to ArcPy
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Easily share environments
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Trivializes dependency issues
The Future of Python in ArcGIS
Screenshots of conda UI
Thank You!
Clinton Dow - Contact Info
[email protected]
http://lnked.in/cdow