Revised 1/25/2025
Module 2: 3/17/2025 – 4/29/2025
Class meetings: Arranged: sign up here for appointment with Krygier
Text: Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro, 1st Edition, 2020. 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.
Create a shared folder in Google and share it with me: Janzy Sladner’s would be Geog 293 Slander. This is for anything you want to share with me that doesn’t go on the blog.
Besides the tutorial, I’ll ask you to develop some applications to show some of what you have learned in the tutorial.
The weeks below refer to the weeks after spring break.
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 1. Introduce yourself and indicate you did the stuff for this week. Due Friday, March 21.
Text: Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro, 1st Edition, 2020. Paul A. Zandbergen. Copies available in GIS lab (top map drawer near room door). Do not remove books from the room.
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!
If you did the following in a previous course, indicate so in your week 1 posting!
Spend a few minutes poking around your account, including the icon in the upper-right corner, which takes you to your profile. Add your basic information to My Profile.
Also, look at My Settings, My ESRI, Training, Community and Forums, ArcGIS Blog, and Help. Jot down two comments about what you find (for the blog entry for this Lab). Use some ESRI resources to learn a bit about ArcGIS Online.
Complete a read-through of Get Started: What Is ArcGIS Online. This should take about 30 minutes. Read through the different sections of this web page (stacked along the left of the page) and jot down two comments about what you find (for the blog entry for this Lab).
You also have access to ESRI courses online. Some are free, some cost $$$. Anything which says “Maintenance Required” is free to OWU students. Complete a free course that introduces you to ArcGIS Online.
Taking advantage of ESRI online training: You can access a significant amount of training material via the Training link in your account. Look over the available courses and list one or two that seem of interest. If there is a fee, remember that we may be able to use OWU’s Small Grants Program or Department of ENVS funds to cover these costs. It is possible to get various certifications by taking collections of these courses. Please talk to Krygier or Rowley if you have questions.
- 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 1 & 2. 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
- notes on key concepts in the chapter
- any questions or problems you had (and if you solved them, how you did it)
- screenshots if appropriate
- approximate time it took to complete the chapter
- Include a one-paragraph description of an application based on ideas from chapters 1 & 2.
Week 3: ArcGIS & Python II (Due Friday, April 4)
Assign: Read and complete PZ chapters 3 & 4. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 3
- Include a one-paragraph description of an application based on ideas from chapters 3 & 4.
Assign: Select one of your four ideas (chapters 1-4) and create it. This is not due until Tuesday, April 29, but start on it and complete it before you forget the stuff in these first four chapters!
Week 4: ArcGIS & Python III (Due Friday, April 11)
Assign: Read and complete chapters 5 & 6:Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 4
- Include a one-paragraph description of an application based on ideas from chapters 5 & 6.
Week 5: ArcGIS Online IV (Due Friday, April 18)
Assign: Read and complete chapter 7 & 8. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 5
- Include a one-paragraph description of an application based on ideas from chapters 7 & 8.
Assign: Select one of your four ideas (chapters 5-7) and create it.
Week 6: ArcGIS & Python V (Due Friday, April 25)
Catchup & Work on the Apps
Week 8: Final Projects (Due Tuesday, April 29)
Two Apps for the Final Project due Tuesday, April 29 in a descriptive posting to the blog.