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ArcPy and ArcGIS

You're reading from   ArcPy and ArcGIS Automating ArcGIS for Desktop and ArcGIS Online with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787282513
Length 272 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Silas Toms Silas Toms
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Dara OBeirne Dara OBeirne
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Dara OBeirne
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Preface 1. Introduction to Python for ArcGIS FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating the First Python Script 3. ArcPy Cursors - Search, Insert, and Update 4. ArcPy Geometry Objects and Cursors 5. Creating a Script Tool 6. The arcpy.mapping Module 7. Advanced Analysis Topics 8. Introduction to ArcGIS Online 9. ArcPy and ArcGIS Online 10. ArcREST Python Package 11. ArcPy and ArcGIS Pro 12. ArcGIS API for Python

Creating a Jupyter Notebook

Jupyter Notebook is an open source browser-based application that allows you to execute Python code and thereby easily share it, along with any visualizations you might create with the code. If you have ever heard of IPython Notebook, it is very similar to that. In this section, I will discuss how to create a notebook and some of the basic functions you will need to know in order to work with it.

To get started, let’s launch that Anaconda Prompt again, from your start menu. Then, type the jupyter notebook command, and if everything is installed correctly, it should launch in your default browser automatically:

When opened, you should see a browser page open that looks like this:

You should notice that this directory is in the same location you were in when you launched the notebook from Command Prompt. In my case, this is my C:\Users\Dara directory...

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