idea ArcGIS Python API SpatialDataFrame loads() for WKT geometry in Developers Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/arcgis-python-api-spatialdataframe-loads-for-wkt/idi-p/935765 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Currently in the ArcGIS Python API (from what I can tell) there is no geometry function which loads text from WKT format into ESRI geometry format.&nbsp; The closest thing that I can find is <A href="https://esri.github.io/arcgis-python-api/apidoc/html/arcgis.features.toc.html?highlight=from_xy#arcgis.features.SpatialDataFrame.from_xy">loads_xy</A>&nbsp;method which handles point x, y data.&nbsp; But there is nothing for lines, polygons or multipolygons.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>As a work around I am currently using the shapely function <A href="http://toblerity.org/shapely/shapely.html#shapely.wkt.loads">loads</A>&nbsp;and then converting back to ESRI format as I have documented in <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/223454-arcgis-python-api-set-geometry-column-of-spatially-enabled-data-frame">this geonet thread</A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:45:13 GMT NathanielEvatt 2018-11-02T16:45:13Z ArcGIS Python API SpatialDataFrame loads() for WKT geometry https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/arcgis-python-api-spatialdataframe-loads-for-wkt/idi-p/935765 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Currently in the ArcGIS Python API (from what I can tell) there is no geometry function which loads text from WKT format into ESRI geometry format.&nbsp; The closest thing that I can find is <A href="https://esri.github.io/arcgis-python-api/apidoc/html/arcgis.features.toc.html?highlight=from_xy#arcgis.features.SpatialDataFrame.from_xy">loads_xy</A>&nbsp;method which handles point x, y data.&nbsp; But there is nothing for lines, polygons or multipolygons.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>As a work around I am currently using the shapely function <A href="http://toblerity.org/shapely/shapely.html#shapely.wkt.loads">loads</A>&nbsp;and then converting back to ESRI format as I have documented in <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/223454-arcgis-python-api-set-geometry-column-of-spatially-enabled-data-frame">this geonet thread</A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:45:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/arcgis-python-api-spatialdataframe-loads-for-wkt/idi-p/935765 NathanielEvatt 2018-11-02T16:45:13Z