How do I get AOI coordinates from Extract Data?

Question

I'm trying to extend the Extract Data sample by passing the Area of Interest (AOI) coordinates to another program. Because the model is interactive and the AOI data temporary, I can't see the values while it is running.

Can anyone tell me how to obtain the coordinates of the variable "aoi" in ExtractData.py?
Thanks,
Jim

JimDickerson · Answer

In this particular case, the extent will do.  So I will try this approach.  Thanks for the help.
Jim

KevinHibma · Answer

Well you could, but it wont be the same.
Odds are the extent of the input featureset will be bigger than the feature which was given.
I guess it all depends on what you want....the true coordinates of the feature which was given, or if the extent will do.

If you want the extent, you just describe each coordinate:
d = arcpy.Describe(aoi).extent
xMin = d.XMin
xMax = d.XMax
#etc

JimDickerson · Answer

In the script ExtractData.py, the variable aoi representing the feature set is passed around. I thought there would be some method or function that would break down the coordinates of the feature set into xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax.  
I was going to use that as a bounding box to a WMS server.

Can I do a describe or something on aoi?