MapChef

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Adds geospatial data to an ArcMap MXD file based on a recipe from a cookbook configuration file and a product name.

Prerequisites

• Python and ArcPy

  C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.6\python.exe
  

• ArcMap MapAction templates.

• Complete data scrable using Crash Move Folder Version xx.

Packaging

python setup.py bdist_wheel

Installing

1. Clone

   git clone https://github.com/mapaction/mapactionpy_arcmap/

2. Change Directory at the command line cd mapactionpy_arcmap

3. Run package python setup.py bdist_wheel

4. Install

   python -m pip install pycountry
   python -m pip install jsonpickle
   python -m pip install mapactionpy_controller
   python -m pip install --user -e .
   

   To install for use non-development purposes: Clone the github repo then from the root of your local clone:

   python -m pip install .
   

5. If required, uninstall the ArcMap Esri Add-In.

6. Reinstall ArcMap Esri Add-In using file here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kV1_6r8RzQ2fzA28AEQv9tpET-qZPIN-

7. Restart ArcMap and ensure the 'Map Generation Tool' is available within the MapAction toolbar.

8. To run the 'Map Generation Tool' the following paths MUST exist:

   <Crash Move Folder> \GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\312_Layer_files\
   

   This must contain the Layer files (.lyr) which correspond with the names quoted in the mapCookbook.json file.

9. Move the layerProperties.json and mapCookbook.json files from the Git repository to:

   <Crash Move Folder> \GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation\
   

   i.e.

   <Crash Move Folder> \GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation\layerProperties.json
   <Crash Move Folder> \GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation\mapCookbook.json
   

Integration with MapAction Toolbar

In order to integrate this MapActionPy_ArcMap module with the MapAction Toolbar, the following steps need to be carried out:

ℹ️ The "Automation" add-in is in development in the automation branch at: https://github.com/mapaction/mapaction-toolbox/tree/automation):

1. All layer .lyr files should be made available under the crash move folder at the following location: \GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\312_Layer_files
2. Layer properties file layerProperties.json copied to new directory under the crash move folder at the following location: \GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation
3. Map cookbook file mapCookbook.json copied to directory under the crash move folder at the following location: \GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation

Configuration Files

Cookbook File

The mapCookbook.json file is a static configuration file which contains "recipes" for each map product.

This example cookbook only contains a single product: Country Overview.

{ 
   "recipes":[ 
      { 
         "mapnumber":"MA001",
         "category":"Reference",
         "product":"Country Overview with Admin 1 Boundaries & P-Codes",
         "export":"Yes",
         "layers":[ 
            "mainmap-s0-pt-settlements",
            "mainmap-s0-py-surroundingcountries",
            "mainmap-s0-ln-admin1",
            "mainmap-s0-ln-coastline",
            "mainmap-s0-py-feather",
            "mainmap-s0-py-surroundingcountries",
            "mainmap-s0-py-admin1",
            "mainmap-s0-py-sea",
            "locationmap-s0-ln-admin1",
            "locationmap-s0-ln-affectedcountry",
            "locationmap-s0-ln-coastline",
            "locationmap-s0-py-surroundingcountries"
         ]
      },
...
    }
  ]
}

The layer names in the "layers" array MUST correlate to layer files (.lyr) in the specified layer directory.

layerConfig File

The Layer Config file (layerProperties.json) is a static file which defines how to add a particular layer.

    {
      "MapFrame": "Main Map",
      "LayerName": "mainmap-s0-pt-settlements",
      "RegExp": "^[a-z]{3}_stle_stl_pt_(.*?)_(.*?)_([phm][phm])(.*?).shp$",
      "DefinitionQuery": "place IN ('national_capital', 'city', 'capital')",
      "Display": "Yes",
      "LabelClasses": [
        {
          "className": "National Capital",
          "expression": "[name]",
          "SQLQuery": "(\"place\" = 'national_capital')"
        },
        {
          "className": "Admin 1 Capital",
          "expression": "[name]",
          "SQLQuery": "(\"place\" = 'city')"
        }
      ]
    },

Fields

Execution

Key

Parameters

Example 1

For a specified MXD using the --template parameter:

C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.6\python.exe -m mapactionpy_arcmap.arcmap_runner \
   --cookbook "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation\mapCookbook.json" \
   --layerConfig "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation\layerProperties.json" \
   --cmf "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador" \
   --template "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\32_MXD_Templates\arcgis_10_2\MapAction\01 Reference mapping\arcgis_10_2_ma000_reference_landscape_bottom_DEV.mxd" \
   --layerDirectory "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\312_Layer_files" \
   --product "Country Overview with Admin 1 Boundaries & P-Codes" \
   --country "El Salvador"

Result

This Country Overview map was generated:

Example 2

C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.6\python.exe -m mapactionpy_arcmap.arcmap_runner \
   --cookbook "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation\mapCookbook.json" \
   --layerConfig "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\31A_Automation\layerProperties.json" \
   --cmf "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador" \
   --layerDirectory "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\312_Layer_files" \
   --product "Country Overview with Admin 1 Boundaries & P-Codes" \
   --country "El Salvador"

If an MXD is not supplied with the --template parameter as above, then the tool will decide the orientation of the map (landscape or portrait) and it will take a copy of the appropriate MXD from:

<crash move folder>\GIS\3_Mapping\32_MXD_Templates\arcgis_10_6\

Using the mapnumber from the mapCookbook.json file, the Automation Tool will create a copy of the MXD under the following directory:

<crash move folder>\GIS\3_Mapping\33_MXD_Maps\<map number>

For example:

D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\33_MXD_Maps\MA001

The MXD name will be <map number>_<product name>.mxd

... (but with any characters removed that upset Windows Explorer)

For example:

MA001_country-overview-with-admin-1-boundaries-p-codes.mxd

Example 3

C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.6\python.exe -m mapactionpy_arcmap.arcmap_runner \
   --cmf "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador" \
   --product "Country Overview with Admin 1 Boundaries & P-Codes"

In this example, the following parameters were not provided:

--cookbook
--layerConfig
--layerDirectory
--country

The values for these parameters were inferred from the event_description.json and the cmf_description.json files.
These files were provided at the root of the Crash Move Folder, i.e. the directory supplied by the --cmf parameter.

Author

• Steve Hurst - https://github.com/mapaction/mapactionpy_arcmap

todo: [] enable installation via pypi.