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Python Scripting – Functions, Methods, Modules

Moving forward into our second week of GIS Programming, there was a lot to memorize related to basic Python programming terminology and functionality. Our first foray into Python utilized functions, methods and modules. Additionally we gain experience working with lists and loops. The Lab assignment for Module 2 commenced with a basic assignment of a string variable comprising our full name. A string, or string literal, is a set of characters [...]

By |2024-11-11T09:28:24-05:00May 27th, 2024|GIS|Comments Off on Python Scripting – Functions, Methods, Modules

GIS Programming – an Introduction to Python

A week removed from completing Computer Cartography (GIS4006), my next class in the UWF Online GIS Certification Program is GIS Programming (GIS4102), which covers Python. Python is an open-sourced programming language used for geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro. Python is also object-orientated, which is a programming model that organizes software around data (objects) as opposed to functions and logic. Python is the is the scripting language of choice for [...]

By |2024-11-11T09:16:24-05:00May 22nd, 2024|GIS|Comments Off on GIS Programming – an Introduction to Python
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