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Tentative Course Outline for Using Python and ArcGIS

Fall 2016

Date	Lecture	Readings	Assignments
Aug 29	ArcGIS and Python	Code Academy for Python	Code Academy (CA): Python Syntax, lessons 1-4
31	Intro to Python	Python 2.7 Tutorial (Python Software Foundation) Python tutorials by Bucky Roberts (but for consistency, please use my installation instructions)	CA: Python Syntax, lessons 5-9
Sept 5	NO CLASS
7	Math operations		Lab: Basic Python Syntax (due 9/19)
12	Strings Class Exercise: Parsing Files and Strings		CA: Python Syntax, lessons 10-14, Tip Calculator—all lessons
14	NO CLASS
19	Intro to ArcPy	ESRI scripting resources ArcPy Tutorials ArcGIS Code Sharing site	CA: Strings, lessons 1-9
21	Creating ArcPy Scripts
26	Flow control		Lab: Code Challenge--Lists and Loops (due 10/5)
28	Reverse engineering an ArcPy script		CA: Conditionals & Control Flow, all lessons
Oct 3	NO CLASS
5	Lists		CA: Python Lists and Dictionaries, all lessons
10	Functions		CA: PygLatin
12	NO CLASS
17	Some ArcPy scripting tools
19	Classes
24	Inheritance and Composition
26	ArcPy Command Line Scripts
31	Dictionaries		Inheritance sample
Nov 2	Open source GIS alternatives		AutoCarto 2016 Open Source Workshop Presentations
7	Project: dump vertex coordinates to XYZ
9	Another ArcPy case study: converting vector formats		Convert GPS Files to Shapefiles
14	Ideas for Final Projects
16	Python Error Handling
21	GDAL
23	NO CLASS
28	Git		Git Immersion (from Neo)
30	Using the Tkinter user interface Experimenting with Scope
Dec 5	Using the arcpy.Description() function
7	Using the pyshp package to draw shapefiles on a Tkinter canvas widget
12	FYI—Some open source GIS information at OSGeo