1. Geography 465 Working with ArcGIS Tools and Environment Settings

2. Toolbox defined

3. Standard Toolboxes

6. Parameters are specified using strings or objects

10. Environment Settings Divided into five categories: -General -Coverage -Geodatabase -Raster geodatabase -Raster analysis Names are unique; same constraints as tool names

11. Environment Setting

14. Save Environment Setting

16. Complex Parameters - Objects For example: Spatial references, value tables, weighted overlay tables, and remap tables Read/write properties Each tool documentation has the specification

17. Complex Parameters - Objects

18. Retrieving properties using Describe # Workspace dscWS = gp.Describe (“Seattle.mdb”) # FeatureClass Properties dscFC = gp.Describe (“Seattle.mdb\\Parcels”) # DataSet Properties dscFD = gp.Describe (“Seattle.mdb\\Census)

20. Describe method - 9.3

21. Exercising the Geoprocessor and Python Scripting