Practice Cartographic Automation (7.8.4) - Cartography and Thematic Mapping

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Question 1.
What is cartographic automation?
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Think about how technology interacts with traditional map-making.
Question 2.
Name one tool used for automating cartography.
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Consider programming languages or specific ArcGIS tools.
3Question 3.
What programming language is most commonly used for cartographic automation?
- JavaScript
- Python
- Ruby
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Think of the language commonly used in data analytics.
4Question 4.
ModelBuilder is primarily used to __________.
- True
- False
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Consider what you learned about visual programming tools.
Question 5.
Create a workflow using ModelBuilder that automates the layering of various datasets to produce a final output map. Describe each step involved.
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Think about how you can visually represent each task as a block.
Question 6.
Utilize Python to create a script that automatically updates a set of maps with new data weekly. Provide the rationale for your scripting choices.
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Consider libraries that could help with data import and export tasks.

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