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ArcGIS Tutorials Python Maps & Layers

Overview

You will learn: how to use the ArcGIS API for Python to load a web map for display.

A web map is a JSON structure that contains the settings required to display a 2D map. ArcGIS and custom applications can load web maps and automatically configure the map extent, basemap, layers and styles, pop-ups, labels and more. Web maps can be created interactively with the Map Viewer and ArcGIS Pro. Web maps are stored in ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise as an item with a unique ID.

In this tutorial you will search ArcGIS Online for an existing web map and display it.

Before you begin

The ArcGIS API for Python tutorials use Jupyter Notebooks to execute Python code. If you are new to this environment, please see the guide to install the API and use notebooks locally.

Steps

Create a new notebook

Go to Esri Juptyter Notebooks and click New > Python 3 to create a new notebook.

This tutorial runs in a Jupyter notebook hosted by Esri. This is a temporary workspace, so if you would like to use this notebook at a later time, you have to download each notebook and save it locally. Alternatively, you can install the ArcGIS API for Python locally on your computer and create and save tutorials locally.

In each step below, type (or copy and paste) the commands into a new notebook cell and run the code by clicking run cell or pressing shift + Enter.

Import the GIS module.

Import python modules written elsewhere for use in your notebook with the Python import statement. If you run this lab from the Jupyter Notebook hosted by Esri the modules are set up and ready to use. If you run this project locally you must install the ArcGIS API for Python and any modules not in your environment.

arcgis.gis is the ArcGIS API for Python GIS model.
```
from arcgis.gis import GIS
```
Make an anonymous connection to ArcGIS Online.

You can search ArcGIS Online for items shared publicly without logging into your account.
```
gis = GIS()
```

Display a web map with the ArcGIS API for Python

Search for a publicly available web map titled LA Parks and Trails Map (styled with popups) owned by esri_devlabs. It contains datasets about Los Angeles, CA parks and trails.

The ArcGIS API for Python Guide walks through the process of searching for content. Consult the Search Reference for specifics on how to construct the query parameter for the search method on ArcGIS API for Python Helper Objects.
```
webmap_search = gis.content.search(query = "LA Parks and Trails *", item_type = "Web Map")
webmap_search
```
Retrieve the web map item from the resulting list.

The index for the specific web map may be different in your gis.
```
webmap = webmap_search[2]
webmap
```

Import the WebMap class from the arcgis.mapping module and visualize the web map.

from arcgis.mapping import WebMap
la_parks_trails = WebMap(webmap)
la_parks_trails

Congratulations, you're done!

Your map and layers (feature services) should look something like this.

Challenge

Explore the layers in the Web Map with the REST API.

All hosted feature layers have a REST endpoint that you can use to access the data directly. This can be accomplished with a URL request from a web browser, a custom application, or the ArcGIS APIs.

Let's use the web map to retrieve the layers. You can query the web map as a dictionary.

operational_layers = la_parks_trails.layers
n = len(operational_layers)
print("The webmap has {} layers.".format(n))

Query the list for the id and url values of each layer.

for layer in operational_layers:
    print("{}\n\t{}".format(layer['id'], layer['url']))

In your browser, add the URL for the Trails_7558 layer to the browser (or just copy/paste from below) to explore the REST endpoint:

https://services3.arcgis.com/GVgbJbqm8hXASVYi/arcgis/rest/services/Trails/FeatureServer/0
Explore the other layers through the same steps.

To learn more about querying data with the REST API, see the Query a feature layer tutorial.

ArcGIS Tutorials Python Maps & Layers

10 minutes

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