Introduction to GIS programming and fundamentals with Python and ArcGIS®

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Content: Section IIntroductionComputer Hardware and SoftwareGIS and ProgrammingPythonClass and ObjectGIS Data ModelsUMLHands-On Experience with PythonChapter SummaryProblemsObject-Oriented ProgrammingProgramming Language and PythonClass and ObjectPoint, Polyline, and PolygonHands-On Experience with PythonChapter SummaryProblemsSection IIIntroduction to PythonObject-Oriented SupportSyntaxData TypesMiscellaneousOperatorsStatementsFunctionsHands-On Experience with PythonChapter SummaryProblemsPython Language Control Structure, File Input/Output, and Exception HandlingMaking DecisionsLoopsOther Control StructuresFile Input/OutputExceptionsHands-On Experience with PythonChapter SummaryProblemsProgramming Thinking and Vector Data VisualizationProblem: Visualizing GIS DataTransforming Coordinate SystemVisualizing Vector DataPoint, Polyline, PolygonProgramming ThinkingHands-On Experience with PythonChapter SummaryProblemsShapefile HandlingBinary Data ManipulationShapefile IntroductionShapefile Structure and InterpretationGeneral Programming Sequence for Handling ShapefilesHands-On Experience with Mini-GISChapter SummaryProblemsPython Programming EnvironmentGeneral Python IDEPython ModulesPackage Management and Mini-GISHands-On Experience with Mini-GISChapter SummaryProblemsVector Data AlgorithmsCentroidAreaLengthLine IntersectionPoint in PolygonHands-On Experience with PythonChapter SummaryProblemsSection IIIArcGIS ProgrammingArcGIS ProgrammingIntroduction to ArcPy PackageAutomating ArcTools with PythonAccessing and Editing Data with CursorsDescribing and Listing ObjectsManipulating Complex ObjectsAutomating Map ProductionCreating ArcTools from ScriptsHandling Errors and MessagesExternal Document and Video ResourcesImplementing Spatial Relationship Calculations Using ArcGISSummaryAssignmentRaster Data AlgorithmRaster DataRaster Storage and CompressionRaster Data FormatsColor Representation and Raster RenderingRaster AnalysisHands-On Experience with ArcGISChapter SummaryProblemsNetwork Data AlgorithmsNetwork RepresentationFinding the Shortest PathTypes of Network AnalysisHands-On Experience with ArcGISChapter SummaryProblemsSurface Data Algorithms3D Surface and Data ModelCreate Surface Model DataSurface Data AnalysisHands-On Experience with ArcGISChapter SummaryProblemsSection IVPerformance-Improving TechniquesProblemsDisk Access and Memory ManagementParallel Processing and MultithreadingRelationship Calculation and Spatial IndexHands-On Experience with Mini-GISChapter SummaryProblemsAdvanced TopicsSpatial Data StructureGIS Algorithms and ModelingDistributed GISSpatiotemporal Thinking and ComputingChapter SummaryProblemsReferencesIndex