Python within GIS using ArcGIS 10

[Anonymous User]

Original User: florjan

Hello,
I need a overview about the integration of Python within GIS using ArcGIS 10, including the general functionalities of Python, the possibilities of geoprocessing within GIS using python and explanatory examples.

[Anonymous User]

Original User: mboeringa2010

Hello,
I need a overview about the integration of Python within GIS using ArcGIS 10, including the general functionalities of Python, the possibilities of geoprocessing within GIS using python and explanatory examples.

I don't think the question is really something for a forum, start Googling and you will find plenty of examples, including many from ESRI. But just to give one: "Hitchhiker's Guide to Python and ArcGIS" by David Wynne and Jason Pardy.

[ChristopherThompson]

There is a support 'community' for python in ArcGIS here:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/communities/python/

and then these two topics are helpful:
python and geoprocessing in general:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//000v00000001000000#GUID-4EC90E5F-F497-4FC...
about using python with arcMap:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Introduction_to_arcpy_mapping/00s300000032...

If you are new to programming or python there is a link from the main python support page to various tutorials, code snippets, and the like which are pretty useful for seeing how folks approach GIS problems with python.