Mack Wade
Chapter 3: Geoprocessing in ArcGIS Pro
This chapter was pretty easy to follow along to. I had never used modelbuilder before so that was interesting.
- Batch Mode: Batch mode is a network round trip-reduction feature that, as its name implies, batches up data-related operations in order to perform them in more coarse-grained chunks.
- Batch Processing: Computerized batch processing is the running of “jobs that can run without end user interaction, or can be scheduled to run as resources permit.
- Current Workspace: Current Workspace—The workspace from which inputs are taken and outputs are placed when running tools.
- Geoprocessing: Geoprocessing is a framework and set of tools for processing geographic and related data.
- Iteration: repetition of a mathematical or computational procedure applied to the result of a previous application, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem
- ModelBuilder: ModelBuilder is a visual programming language for building geoprocessingworkflows
Review Questions
- Describe some of the general elements of the geoprocessing framework in ArcGIS Pro.
- A collection of tools, methods to find and execute tools, environment settings and other geoprocessing options that control how tools are run, python window, geoprocessing history
- What are the three types of tools in ArcGIS Pro
- Built tools, script tools, model tools, also system tools and custom tools
- Explain the difference between system tools and custom tools
- System tools are created by Esri
- Custom tools are created by a user or third party
- What are the strengths and limitations of batch processing in Pro
- Geoprocessing tools can be run in a batch mode that allows you to run the tool multiple times using many input datasets or different parameter settings. This makes it possible to run a tool many times with very little interaction.
- What are some of the similarities and differences between models and tools and script tools in Pro
- Model tools help you execute multiple tools at the same time
- script tools help you create your own detailed tool by connecting applications