How to "link" two map frames with map series using Arcpy?

Newuser27 — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 02:34:01 GMT

I am trying to create a two panel map layout where the first map frame has a map series enabled and the second map frame copies the extent of the first map frame but it is one page ahead.

I can currently do this is ArcMap using arcpy, but I cannot seem to get the functionality to work in Pro.

I have tried this, but the second map frame will not iterate as the first map frame changes pages:

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("current")

one = aprx.listLayouts()[0]

df1 = one.listElements("MAPFRAME_ELEMENT","Map Frame")[0]

df2 = one.listElements("MAPFRAME_ELEMENT","Map Frame 1")[0]

ms = one.mapSeries

for pageNum in range(1, ms.pageCount):

#set map series to have the extent of the PageNum + 1 (one page ahead)

ms.currentPageNumber= pageNum + 1

#get extent of Frame 1 and set Frame 2 to have the same extent as the first frame

extent = df1.camera.getExtent()

df2.camera.setExtent(extent)

#reset the extent of the first Frame back to the correct page

ms.currentPageNumber= pageNum

Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks.

Re: How to "link" two map frames with map series using Arcpy?

KariBuckvold — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:26:08 GMT

Did you ever figure this out? This hack was really helpful in desktop but I need to get this going for Pro.

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How to "link" two map frames with map series using Arcpy?

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