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• Using arcgisscripting's "9.3" switch

  This blog post was written by Ghislain Prince, Product Engineer on the Geoprocessing Team in Redlands. Hi Everybody! We learned in the Advanced Python Scripting Technical Workshops at UC that many of you who use ArcGIS 9.3 do not yet use the changes we Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:46 PM by bbicking1 | 2 Comments Filed under: New at 9.3, Python, 2009 User Conference

• 2009 Developers Summit

  The 2009 Developers Summit has come and gone. Thanks to all who attended! We enjoyed meeting with you. We've uploaded the geoprocessing presentations to the Model and Script tool gallery. Session videos have been posted to the Media Gallery. Slides, scripts, Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:54 PM by dmhoneycutt | 0 Comments Filed under: advanced, script tools, Python, Digging deeper, Tips and tricks, 2009 Developers Summit, Geoprocessing services, ArcGIS Server

• Send us your feedback

  You may not have noticed, but you can send us feedback about this site. There's a feedback link at the bottom right of the home page, as illustrated at the bottom of this post. We're particularly interested in hearing from you about blog post topics you'd Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:47 PM by dmhoneycutt | 0 Comments Filed under: beginner, advanced, New at 9.3, Spatial Analysis, script tools, Python, ArcSDE, Geostatistical Analyst, Digging deeper, Tips and tricks, UNIX/Linux, 3D Lidar Point Data, ModelBuilder, 2009 Developers Summit

• Tips and tricks - accessing feature shape in Calculate Field

  With the Calculate Field tool , you can easily create expressions that use some property of a feature's shape, such as length or area. You can also convert length and area to different units. The illustration below shows calculating the MILES field to Read More... Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 3:44 PM by dmhoneycutt | 0 Comments Filed under: beginner, advanced, Python, Tips and tricks

• Tips and tricks - Error handling in Python script tools

  I recently had a project that involved creating lots of Python script tools. Since other people were going to use these tools, I wanted my error handling to be robust and informative. This post is about some tips and tricks I discovered during this project. Read More... Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 9:43 AM by dmhoneycutt | 2 Comments Filed under: script tools, Python, Tips and tricks

• Tips and tricks - Unix, Python, and Geoprocessing

  This posting was written by Mark Zollinger, a Product Engineer and long time UNIX user with the Geoprocessing team. Do you like Solaris or Linux? Do you "do GIS" on one of those platforms? Maybe you've been asked to convert some ArcGIS Workstation AML Read More... Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 3:41 PM by dmhoneycutt | 4 Comments Filed under: beginner, advanced, Python, Tips and tricks, UNIX/Linux

• Tips and Tricks - Debugging Python script tools

  If you create your own script tools using Python, you'll appreciate these tips and tricks on debugging. Coding errors are inevitable and there are two basic ways to find out where the error occurred: - Add some form of print statements to your code that Read More... Posted Monday, September 01, 2008 3:02 PM by dmhoneycutt | 4 Comments Filed under: advanced, script tools, Python