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Geography 465. Working with ArcGIS Tools and Environment Settings. Toolbox defined. Standard Toolboxes. Parameters are specified using strings or objects. Environment Settings. Divided into five categories: General Coverage Geodatabase Raster geodatabase Raster analysis
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Geography 465 Working with ArcGIS Tools and Environment Settings
Environment Settings Divided into five categories: • General • Coverage • Geodatabase • Raster geodatabase • Raster analysis Names are unique; same constraints as tool names
Complex Parameters - Objects For example: Spatial references, value tables, weighted overlay tables, and remap tables Read/write properties Each tool documentation has the specification
Retrieving properties usingDescribe # Workspace dscWS = gp.Describe (“Seattle.mdb”) # FeatureClass Properties dscFC = gp.Describe (“Seattle.mdb\\Parcels”) # DataSet Properties dscFD = gp.Describe (“Seattle.mdb\\Census)