Module 5: Geoprocessing Using Python

This week's assignment familiarized us with running geoprocessing tools in Python. This one went much smoother than last week's, and was pretty enjoyable to work through. 

For the assignment, we were to take the hospitals.shp layer from the Data folder and first write a script that added XY coordinates to it. Then we were to create a 1000' buffer on it, and from there, dissolve the buffer into a single feature. It's a little tedious making sure every part of the script is correct, but overall, this one was a fun learning experience. Here are the results of my script: