Chapter 4. Automating Map Production and Printing
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Creating a list of layout elements
- Assigning a unique name to layout elements
- Restricting the layout elements returned by ListLayoutElements()
- Updating the properties of layout elements
- Getting a list of available printers
- Printing maps with PrintMap()
- Exporting a map to a PDF file
- Exporting a map to an image file
- Exporting a report
- Building a map book with Data Driven Pages and ArcPy mapping
- Publishing a map document to an ArcGIS Server service
Introduction
The arcpy.mapping module, released with ArcGIS 10, provides a number of capabilities related to the automation of map production. The arcpy.mapping module can be used to automate map production, build ...
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