ArcGIS is an industry-standard geographic information system from Esri.
This book will show you how to use the Python programming language to create geoprocessing scripts, tools, and shortcuts for the ArcGIS for Desktop environment.
It will make you...
Oh no! Not another programming language! Do I have to learn yet another
one? Aren’t there enough already?
I can understand your reaction. There are loads of programming lan-
guages, so why should you learn another?
Here are five...
Computing, in the sense of doing mathematical calculations, is a skill that mankind has developed over thousands of years. Programming, on the other hand, is in its infancy, with a history that spans a few decades only. Both topics are vastly...