Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python

Exercise 2 – searching, displaying, and describing geospatial content

In the following exercise, we'll search for online content, add it to our map, and describe the data. We'll finish by saving your map widget directly into a web map that is stored in your personal content folder in ArcGIS Online. This is a new feature that comes with the 1.3 version of the API, which makes it really easy to create web maps. The content we'll be using is a feature layer file containing bike trails in Solano County in California. This content is available through ArcGIS Online. We can use the API to search the content, reference it, and add it to our map widget in our Jupyter Notebook app.

First, we'll log into ArcGIS Online using a personal account. Read ...