Map automation - specific to my organisation

MichaelFowler1 — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:46:37 GMT

Hi All!

I'm currently working on a script that can automate basic map production for my organisation.

The current part I'm stuck on is, I have bookmarks that the user can select from a pre-defined list, although if the area they want to look at isn't in that list they could enter the extent themselves and set the scale. Although, currently if they select a bookmark and leave the extent part blank it throws an error as nothing has been entered for extent even though I have set it to be an optional parameter.

Is there a way I can calculate the extent if the user selects a bookmark so they can be in the same tool, while allowing the user to manually enter the extent if needed?

Below is my current code:

import arcpy arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True workspace = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('CURRENT') lyt = aprx.listLayouts(Product_Size)[0] aprxMap = aprx.listMaps('Map')[0] mf = lyt.listElements('MAPFRAME_ELEMENT', 'Map Frame')[0] in_bookmark = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) bookmark = mf.map.listBookmarks() # Loop to zoom if user selects bookmark for bkmk in bookmark: if bkmk.name == in_bookmark: mf.zoomToBookmark(bkmk) arcpy.AddMessage(f'{in_bookmark} bookmark set') else: continue extent = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2) arcpy.env.extent = extent mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.env.extent)

I think my issue is I'm still not understanding how exactly extent works in arcpy, but reading the documentation hasn't been much help so far. I would really appreciate some help or a nice gentle nudge in the right direction. If more of the overall code would be useful to see, let me know!

Thank you!

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Map automation - specific to my organisation