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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python
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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python

by Silas Toms, Paul Crickard, Eric van Rees
April 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
440 pages
11h 36m
English
Packt Publishing
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ArcGIS API for Python and ArcGIS Online

This chapter will introduce the ArcGIS Application Program Interface (API) for Python and ArcGIS Online. The ArcGIS API for Python is a Python library for working with maps and geospatial data. This API can be installed locally using conda and interacts with Esri's cloud GIS, whether that's ArcGIS Online (SaaS) or Portal for ArcGIS, a server product that offers on-premises cloud GIS deployment for organizations. The API offers a modern solution to scripting for web mapping with Python and works well with Jupyter Notebooks.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Introducing the ArcGIS API for Python
  • Installing the API
  • Using the API with different Esri user accounts
  • Introducing some modules ...
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