Module 6 - Geoprocessing with Python

This week's lab focused on running various geoprocessing tools within PythonWin - not necessarily within ArcMap itself. Setting geoprocessing environments and checking licenses were also covered within the lecture materials.

Process results from Module 6 script.

The above screenshot shows the results of this week's lab assignment. The goal was to write code to run three different geoprocessing tools (the Add XY tool, Buffer tool, and the Dissolve tool) and to print the results messages after each tool runs. The bit on the end about Module 6 being a success is my own personal variation.

At first this lab seemed daunting, but using the ArcGIS Help files was really the key to completing this lab. The help files contain useful scripting examples and notes, which made writing the code to run the geoprocessing tools very easy. The only real snags were directing the results to correct file paths and making sure to use the tool results from previous processes as inputs within the new process - but with a little thought things worked out well in the end.