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Building Offsets

Summary

Esri Defense Mapping cartographic production tool that aligns, moves, or hides building marker symbols based on a specification defined in an .xml file.

The .xml file contains settings for the following Defense Mapping cartographic products:

  • MGCP TLM50
  • MGCP MDG
  • LTDS LDG50

Usage

  • The Defense Mapping installation directory contains .xml product files you can use for cartographic production.

  • Data referenced in the Product File must have representations for buildings and the linear features used for symbol alignment and conflict resolution.

  • Distances and units used in symbol alignment and conflict resolution are defined in the Product File.

Syntax

BuildingOffsets_defense (Product_File, Dataset, Coordinate_System)
ParameterExplanationData Type
Product_File

The .xml file that contains settings specific to Defense Mapping cartographic products.

File
Dataset

Workspace or feature dataset that contains the buildings and linear features referenced in the .xml Product File.

Workspace; Feature Dataset
Coordinate_System

Sets the geoprocessing Cartographic Coordinate System environment setting. This setting determines the size, extent, and spatial relationships of features when making cartographic–related calculations.

Coordinate System

Code sample

BuildingOffsets example (stand-alone script)

The following stand–alone script demonstrates how to use the BuildingOffets tool. 

# Name: BuildingOffsets_Example.py
# Description: Executes Building Offsets Defense Mapping tool using an input XML specification file.
# Requirements: Esri Defense Mapping 

import arcpy

# check out a defense license & set gp environment
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("defense")
arcpy.env.workspace="c:/data/mgcp.gdb"

# variables for tool parameters
productFile="c:/data/defense_carto_spec.xml"
dataset="MGCP"
coordsys="PROJCS['GCS WGS 1984 UTM Zone 11N (Calculated)',GEOGCS['GCS_WGS_1984',DATUM['D_WGS_1984',SPHEROID['WGS_1984',6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM['Greenwich',0.0],UNIT['Degree',0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION['Transverse_Mercator'],PARAMETER['False_Easting',500000.0],PARAMETER['False_Northing',0.0],PARAMETER['Central_Meridian',-117.0],PARAMETER['Scale_Factor',0.9996],PARAMETER['Latitude_Of_Origin',0.0],UNIT['Meter',1.0]];IsHighPrecision"

# execute the tool
arcpy.BuildingOffsets_defense(productFile,dataset,coordsys)

# check in the defense license
arcpy.CheckInExtension("defense")

Environments

Licensing information

  • ArcGIS Desktop Basic: No
  • ArcGIS Desktop Standard: No
  • ArcGIS Desktop Advanced: Requires Defense Mapping

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