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Unzip MGCP Cell And Import

Summary

Unzips and imports compressed Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program (MGCP) 1-degree-by-1-degree cell packages (*.zip) into a target geodatabase.

Usage

  • This tool recursively searches the Root Folder for ZIP files. ZIP files must contain an MGCP cell package that includes one or more shapefiles and a metadata file.

  • If no shapefiles are found in the unzipped archive, this tool will continue execution.

  • This tool uses other ArcGIS Defense Mapping and ArcGIS Production Mapping tools. You must check out a Production Mapping (foundation) license to use this tool.

  • Target Geodatabase must be an MGCP geodatabase and have an MGCP_Metadata feature dataset. The feature dataset must contain a Cell feature class.

Syntax

arcpy.defense.UnzipCellAndImport(Root_Folder, Target_Geodatabase)
ParameterExplanationData Type
Root_Folder

The root folder that contains one or more compressed shapefile cell packages in a .zip file.

Folder
Target_Geodatabase

The geodatabase where the unzipped shapefiles will be imported.

Workspace

Derived Output

NameExplanationData Type
Output_Geodatabase

The database where shape files from Root_Folder have been loaded.

Workspace

Code sample

UnzipCellAndImport example (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to use the UnzipCellAndImport tool.

# Name: UnzipCellAndImport_Example.py
# Description: Unzips an MGCP Cell package and loads into MGCP geodatabase
# Requirements: ArcGIS Defense Mapping, ArcGIS Production Mapping

import arcpy

# check out a defense and production mapping license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("defense")
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("foundation")

# folder that contains MGCP cell packages (ZIPs)
root_folder="c:\\defense"

# execute the tool
arcpy.UnzipCellAndImport_defense(root_folder,target_gdb)

# check in defense and production mapping licenses
arcpy.CheckInExtension("defense")
arcpy.CheckInExtension("foundation")

Environments

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: Requires Production Mapping and Defense Mapping
  • Advanced: Requires Production Mapping and Defense Mapping

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