With our simplified approach to calculating a Heat Risk Index for detecting potential urban heat islands, we encountered typical challenges in implementing complex Data Science workflows.<\/SPAN><\/P>
We want to share our experiences in implementation with other developer teams and hope to derive some best practices for development with ArcGIS.<\/SPAN><\/P>
Initializing ArcGIS<\/H3>
The following function is used to initialize the environment and ensure that all necessary extensions are available.<\/P>
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import arcpy
from arcpy.sa import *
def initialize_arcpy():
""" Initialize arcpy settings and check necessary extensions. """
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("3D")
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("spatial")
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("ImageAnalyst")<\/code><\/pre>
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When calling the function, several extensions are checked and activated: "3D Analyst", "Spatial Analyst", and "Image Analyst". This is necessary for performing spatial analyses and 3D analyses as well as working with rasters and advanced image analyses. Furthermore, it ensures that existing datasets may be overwritten by the respective function.<\/SPAN><\/P>
Note:<\/SPAN><\/H4>
Developers must ensure that all required licenses are available before checking out these extensions. If a license is not available or an error occurs during checkout, the function will not execute correctly.<\/SPAN><\/P>
👉<\/span> Github Repo: urban-heat-risk-index<\/A> <\/P>
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ArcGIS Developer Bundle<\/A> <\/P>
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