I’m proud to announce that the second edition of ArcPy and ArcGIS: Geospatial Analysis with Python is underway. This time, I’m pleased to be joined by my good friend and former colleague, Dara O’Beirne.
We will be including a lot of new material, as Esri’s Python-based automation possibilities have increased dramatically in the almost two years since the first edition came out. While the first edition will still have the most in-depth coverage of how to use ArcPy to automate analysis and produce map books, we are going to add a lot of information about the new ArcGIS API for Python that allows for automated analysis and administration of ArcGIS Online. It’s an amazing new resource for cloud GIS administrators and analysts that we’re excited to highlight.
We believe that the writing and editing will be complete by early May, so look for the second edition of the book at the end of spring, just in time for the Esri UC in July. I’m really excited to work with Dara again as we did great work together at Arini, plus we are good friends outside of work dating to our time as graduate students at San Francisco State. It’s an exciting time for the Loki Mob, and there’s lots more to come!