Module 6: Python Geoprocessing

This week we practiced geoprocessing within the ArcMap Interactive Python Window and in PythonWin.   For short and sweet items which you might not use again, the interactive python win is fine; for more complicated scripts and those I might use in the future, I prefer PythonWin.  Here is my flowchart and the script results:

This lab was pretty straightforward, here are my process steps:

1.      I used yEdGraph Editor by yWorks to create a flow chart before beginning my script

2.      Once I had my flow chart, I reviewed the tool help for each of the functions in ArcDesktop

3.      Because the help menu is so thorough, it was extremely easy to write this script.

For those of you that have not used yEdGraph Editor it you should try it.  It makes flow charting extremely easy and is available as a free download with no adware.