Python and Geospatial Technology, Assignment 3.2 (Module 3 of 9)

This video, provided by the GeoTech Center, is the companion video to the second assignment from module three of the Python and Geospatial Mapping course, titled Python and Geospatial Technology. The course is designed for experienced users of Global Information Systems (GIS) platforms who are new to programming, with the goal of teaching them how to use Python to automate processes through the construction of short scripts in ArcGIS Pro.

In this assignment, learners are tasked with creating a regional geography using data from seven counties at a census tract level and two demographics spreadsheets in a single Python script. To do this, learners must employ the arcpy merge command to combine all the counties together into a single file and the tabular join command to merge the demographics spreadsheets with the new file. Step-by-step instructions for the assignment can be found in the Python and Geospatial Technology module.

The video runs 1:27 minutes in length. Additional resources from the Python and Geospatial Mapping course are available to view separately.