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Select and zoom python script
I am attempting to make a simple select and zoom python script for my address points. Currently the script will complete successfully but will not select or zoom to the entered point. I am using two ...
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How do results from a Python script get added to an ArcGIS map? [duplicate]
I have a Python script for ArcGIS that makes a new feature class. I can add this to ArcGIS as a new Script (without parameters), however the resulting feature class is not automatically added to the ...
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How to use ArcGIS 10.1 to make Python scripts for ArcGIS 9.3?
Recently I have been making scripts to run geoprocessing tools for a client who is running ArcGIS 9.3. However I only have access to ArcGIS 10.1. As a result I cannot use model builder in 10.1, and ...
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Running python 2.6 and 2.7 in ArcGIS 10.0
I figure that there must be a way for me to run python 2.6 and 2.7 on the same computer. I've got a program that requires 2.7, but ArcGIS requires 2.6. I'd like to be able to run both programs at ...
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How to manually break statement execution in python console of ArcMap
How does one break the execution of a long-running process in the python console of ArcMap?
For example, how do you break a long iteration like the one below once it is started?
for i in range(1, ...
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Is there anything faster than a cursor in ArcGIS to calculate records?
What is the most efficient (fastest) way to calculate records in a layer in ArcGIS?
Is there anything faster than the Cursor in ArcGIS?
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How to use model-builder iterator with a custom bit of arbitrary code?
How do I integrate a in-line variable from modelbuilder into a python script? Specifically, I'm using an iterator, and I'm trying to include the 'name' variable in a python script. I believe the ...
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How to improve Python script processing speed (performance)?
I've been working on a script which essentially reads in a large amount of point and polygon data and generates frequency values for a featureclass of 2.5 acre hexes covering California. I have found ...
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gp.CreateFeatureClass(..) and gp.CopyFeatures(..) isn't copying all fields of feature class
How do I get the ArcGIS 9.3 geoprocessor to copy all of the fields of a feature class?
Here is a description of what I'm trying to do:
I am modifying an existing script created by a developer not on ...
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Get Raster Catalog Names from a File Geodatabase Programmatically
I'm trying to get only raster catalog entries from a file geodatabase using the arcgisscripting geoprocessing API. So far I am able to do this using the ListDatasets function using the ALL argument. ...
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How to repair paths of an unmanaged raster catalog in file GDB?
I'm using ArcGIS 9.3.1 and I have an unmanaged file geodatabase with raster catalogs in it. Tiles are loaded inside the catalog and each tile has a "Full Path" property which is environment specific. ...
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How to interpolate points along a line in Python for ArcGIS 9.3?
I am building a Python geoprocessing script for ArcGIS 9.3. In the script, I have a simple LINE feature class with one row, one line. How can I use a linear referencing system to interpolate a point ...
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How to smooth/interpolate a raster in python using GDAL?
This is my first post so please feel free to critique where necessary.
Background:
I am developing in Python and using GDAL from OSGEO to manipulate and interact with rasters and shapefiles.
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Calculating length with Python and the PYTHON_9.3
(Please critic wholly if possible) If I have polyline data in NAD83 and I want to calculate geometry using the PYTHON_9.3 parameter from the arcgisscripting.create(9.3), I am getting mixed results. If ...
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Unable to save selected layer by attribute for ArcGIS Geoprocessing
I am troubles using the SelectLayerByAttribute() function for arcgis geoprocessing.
I have a layer and I want to select everything that matches on a particular attribute. I call MakeFeatureLayer() ...
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Performance of ArcGISScripting and large spatial data sets
I am currently writing a python script using the arcgisscripting module to process a reasonably large data set (~10,000 records in total) normalised over a small number of tables, 8 in total. The ...
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Cannot get rid of lock on file geodatabase and feature class created in Python script
I have a python script, (for ArcGIS 10), that creates a new file geodatabase, creates a new feature class in that file geodatabase and then reads data from an SDE feature class to populate the new ...
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Raster to Polygon Scripting Problems
I am trying to make a script which selects every .png file in a folder beginning with the letters "LG". I then want the scipt create a shapefile, replacing the "LG" with "SH", and then i want the ...
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KeyboardInterrupt doesn't work when arcgisscripting module is loaded
The KeyboardInterrupt exception -- thrown when Ctrl-C, or Ctrl-Break on some machines, are pressed in a Python console window -- is commonly used to gracefully break out of long-process loops, ...
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an arcgisscripting method for sanitizing a filename?
Is there an arcgisscripting method for sanitizing a filename to get rid of characters which Arcgis barfs on, the meek hyphen - for example?
