topic Re: Arcpy Zoom to Point in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Arcpy Zoom to Point

DaneMyers1 — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 22:20:12 GMT

I have coordinates from a point that I want to move to. I typically use the zoom to x,y on arc desktop but I am trying to automate the process using arcpy. I can't seem to figure out how to use the coordinates to move the extent with the point in the middle and then a scale at 50000.

Re: Arcpy Zoom to Point

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 22:25:48 GMT

What is your script? and are you using arcpy mxd with 'CURRENT' in the mapping module? and does it include a refresh?

Re: Arcpy Zoom to Point

JoshuaBixby — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:53:55 GMT

The basics are covered here: arcgis desktop - Using ArcPy to zoom to Y,X (string) coordinate pair copy/pasted from Google Maps? - Geographic Informat…

x,y = # tuple containing x,y coordinates
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]
df.panToExtent(arcpy.Extent(x,y,x,y))
df.scale = 5000
arcpy.RefreshActiveView()‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Extent—Help | ArcGIS Desktop doesn't work with spatial references directly so you will want to make sure the coordinates you are passing are already in the same coordinate system of the data frame.

Re: Arcpy Zoom to Point

Arne_Gelfert — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 21:11:15 GMT

Is there anything like it the arcpy that ships with Pro? It's certainly not in...

arcpy.mp‍

Re: Arcpy Zoom to Point

Arne_Gelfert — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:53:57 GMT

Looks like it may now be handled using the Camera—ArcPy | ArcGIS Desktop and

mf.camera.setExtent(<extent>)

or 

mf.camera.getExtent()‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Arcpy Zoom to Point

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 22:40:54 GMT

Arne Gelfert‌ This link provides some explanations and the diagram shows the inter-relationships and what has moved and where.

Migrating from arcpy.mapping to ArcGIS Pro—ArcPy | ArcGIS Desktop

Re: Arcpy Zoom to Point

Arne_Gelfert — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:37:13 GMT

Thanks, Dan... I'll check it out. Camera.extent was a good start. Even easier, it appears, will be to just use camera.X/camera.Y.