Schedule

Revised 3/6/2025

Module 2: 3/17/2025 – 4/29/2025 

Class meetings: Arranged: sign up here for an appointment with Krygier

Text: Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro, 3rd Edition, 2024. Paul A. Zandbergen (PZ)

Software: ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro (PC, desktop). You should have an Online account; ArcGIS Pro can be used in the GIS Lab (207 SCSC) or you can download it to your own computer (Windows) via the Online Account.

GIS Lab (207 SCSC) Access: if you want SCSC building and room 207 access after hours please let me know.

Please complete work for each week by the Friday of that week. Post the requested information to this blog and email your instructor.

Week 1: Introduction to Course (Due Friday, March 21)

Assign: Review course blog (syllabus & schedule) and create a blog posting: please give the posting this title: <Your Name> Week Introduce yourself and indicate you did the stuff for this week. Due Friday, March 21.

Text: Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro, 3rd Edition, 2024. Paul A. Zandbergen. Copies will be available in GIS lab (top map drawer near room door). 

You need access to an OWU ArcGIS Online account. If you did not already have one, you should receive an email indicating that an ArcGIS Online account has been set up for you. Follow the instructions, which primarily means setting up a password for the account.

Log into your account at ArcGIS.com This will work on any internet-connected computer. I have saved a link to this page as a browser bookmark. Don’t save your password on a public computer!

Assign: Read and complete PZ chapter 1 & 2. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 1

• For each week create a blog post (on this blog) and include the following
  • put post in Category Chapter Notes
  • include
    • quick response to Review Questions
    • any questions or problems you had (and if you solved them, how you did it)

• Use Google and Google Scholar to look into a few GIS application areas: search for “ArcGIS” and “python” and different keywords, based on your personal interest: cat telemetry, quilt-bombing, blind dung beetles, Antifa, climate change, stamp collectors, logistics, crowdsourcing, etc.). Include, in the blog posting, information on two applications with at least one map or image and a source or two.

Week 2: ArcGIS & Python I (Due Friday, March 28)

Assign: Read and complete PZ chapters 3 & 4 & 5. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 2

• For each chapter create a blog post (on this blog) and include the following
  • put post in Category Chapter Notes
  • include
    • quick response to Review Questions
    • any questions or problems you had (and if you solved them, how you did it)

Week 3: ArcGIS & Python II (Due Friday, April 4)

Assign: Read and complete PZ chapters 6 & 7. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 3

Week 4: ArcGIS & Python III (Due Friday, April 11)

Assign: Read and complete PZ chapters 8 & 9: Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 4

Week 5: ArcGIS & Python IV (Due Friday, April 18)

Assign: Read and complete PZ chapters 10 & 11. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 5

Week 6: ArcGIS & Python (Due Friday, May 2)

Make sure all chapters are complete and posted to blog.