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An Introduction to Python Programming with a GIS Focus

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Course Duration

10 Hours

Course Category

Python Programming

Course Level

Beginner

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00 What you need… 2 Lessons

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00.01 Installing Python

00.02 Installing PyScripter

01 Introduction 10 Lessons

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01.00 Course Setup and Navigation

01.01 Introducing Python Programming

01.02 Variables

01.03 Reserved Keywords

01.06 Line Continuation

01.07 Indentation

01.09 Asking Python for help()

02 Numerical Data Types 5 Lessons

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02.04 GIS Use Cases for Numerical Data Types

PyBasics Week 1 Feedback

03 Strings 8 Lessons

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03.01 Create a String

03.02 String Indexing and Slicing

03.03 String Mutability

03.04 String Methods

03.05 String Formatting

03.06 Escape Characters

03.07 String Concatenation and Join

03.08 GIS Use Cases for Strings

04 Lists 8 Lessons

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04.01 Creating a List

04.02 Indexing and Slicing a List

04.03 List Mutability

04.04 Nested Lists

04.05 Length and Membership

04.06 Unpacking Lists

04.07 List Methods

04.08 GIS Use Cases for Lists

05 Tuples 8 Lessons

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05.01 Creating a Tuple

05.02 Tuple Indexing and Slicing

05.03 Tuple Mutability

05.04 Nested Tuples

05.05 Length & Membership

05.06 Unpacking Tuples

05.07 Tuple Methods

05.08 GIS Use Cases for Tuples

06 Dictionaries 10 Lessons

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06.01 Creating a Dictionary

06.02 Accessing Dictionary Values

06.03 Adding and Modifying Dictionary Entries

06.04 Removing Dictionary Entries

06.05 Dictionary Methods

06.06 Checking Dictionary Membership

06.07 Nested Dictionaries

06.08 Immutable Dictionary Keys

06.09 GIS Use Cases for Dictionaries

06.10 PyBasics Week 5 Feedback

07 Sets 7 Lessons

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07.01 Creating a Set

07.02 Creating Sets from Iterables

07.03 Set Operations

07.04 Set Membership

07.05 Set Methods

07.06 Frozen Sets

07.07 GIS Use Cases for Sets

08 Operators 6 Lessons

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08.01 Numerical Operators

08.02 Numerical Operators Precedence

08.03 Comparison Operators

08.04 Logical Operators

08.05 Short Circuiting

08.06 GIS Use Cases for Operators

09 Flow Control Statements 8 Lessons

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09.01 The ‘if’ statement

09.02 The ‘elif’ statement

09.03 The ‘else’ statement

09.04 The ‘for’ loop

09.05 The ‘while’ loop

09.06 break, continue and pass within a loop

09.07 Controlling flow in action

09.08 GIS Use Cases with Flow Control

10 Iterating Through Your Data 6 Lessons

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10.01 Iterating Over a String

10.02 Iterating Over Lists and Tuples

10.03 Iterating Over Dictionaries

10.04 Iterating Over a Set

10.06 GIS Use Cases for Iterating over Data

11 Comprehension 4 Lessons

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11.01 List Comprehension

11.02 Dictionary Comprehension

11.03 Set Comprehension

11.04 GIS Use Cases for Comprehension

12 Functions 8 Lessons

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12.01 What are functions?

12.02 Defining a function without parameters

12.03 Defining a function with parameters

12.04 Returning values from a function

12.05 Variable Scope

12.06 Function Docstrings

12.07 lambda Functions

12.08 GIS Use Cases for Functions

13 Built-in Functions 7 Lessons

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13.01 What are Built-in Functions?

13.02 Some Basic Built-in Functions

13.03 Some Mathematical Built-in Functions

13.04 Some Sequence Built-in Functions

13.05 filter() and map()

13.06 all() and any()

13.07 GIS Use Cases for Built-in Functions

14 Exceptions Handling 5 Lessons

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14.01 What is exceptions handling?

14.02 Exceptions handing in actions with try and except

14.03 Handling Multiple Exceptions

14.04 else and finally

14.05 GIS Use Cases for Exceptions Handling

15 Object Orientated Programming (OOP) 6 Lessons

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15.01 OOP Classes and Objects

15.02 Class and Instance Attributes

15.03 Class and Instance Methods

15.04 Importing a Class

15.05 Inheritance

15.06 Polymorphism

16 The Standard Python Library 5 Lessons

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Your course instructor...

Glen Bambrick is a passionate GIS Consultant and the founder of Final Draft Mapping. With a firm belief in the importance of fundamental GIS and Data Management, Glen envisions a future where innovation and automation propel geospatial workflows to new heights of efficiency. Drawing upon an impressive 16 years of diverse industry experience, Glen has honed his expertise in the world of GIS, data management, and automation (especially with Pyton Programming).

BA Geography (Single Honours)
H.Dip Applied Remote Sensing & Geographical Information Systems
H.Dip Information Technology
MSc Geocomputation

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