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 v2.7 and ArcPy v10.6.1

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

• ArcMap MapAction templates and Crash Move Folder as setout here https://github.com/mapaction/default-crash-move-folder

• For the Crash Move Folder to have been populated by the Data Scramble process.

Installing

To install the lastest stable release via PyPi:

pip install mapactionpy-controller
pip install mapactionpy-arcmap

To install a specific version for testing see the relevant commandline from here: https://pypi.org/project/mapactionpy-arcmap/#history

Optional Installation of ArcMap ESRI Addin

In additiona to the commandline the MapChef tool can also optionally be driven from an ArcMap Addin. To install this:

1. If required, uninstall any previous version of the ArcMap Esri Add-In.
2. Reinstall ArcMap Esri Add-In using file here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1qzR6UvqA_RjxK9D2U9_AXi3EW4cXnuP7
3. Restart ArcMap and ensure the 'Map Generation Tool' is available within the MapAction toolbar.
4. To run the 'Map Generation Tool' the standardised Crash Move Folder must be in place, see:

https://github.com/mapaction/default-crash-move-folder/blob/master/20YYiso3nn

Integration with MapAction Toolbar

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

Configuration Files

Cookbook File

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

{ 
   "recipes":[ 
      { 
         "mapnumber":"MA001",
         "category":"Reference",
         "product":"Country Overview with Admin 1 Boundaries & P-Codes",
         "export": true,
         "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:

[GIS/3_Mapping/31_Resources/312_Layer_files] (https://github.com/mapaction/default-crash-move-folder/tree/master/20YYiso3nn/GIS/3_Mapping/31_Resources/312_Layer_files)

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": true,
      "AddToLegend": true,
      "LabelClasses": [
        {
          "className": "National Capital",
          "expression": "[name]",
          "SQLQuery": "(\"place\" = 'national_capital')"
        },
        {
          "className": "Admin 1 Capital",
          "expression": "[name]",
          "SQLQuery": "(\"place\" = 'city')"
        }
      ]
    },

Fields

#	Field	Description
1	MapFrame	Name of the Map Frame that the layer is to be added to
2	LayerName	Name of the Layer. This must correlate with the names of the layers in the layers field in the mapCookbook.json file.
3	RegExp	Regular Expression. Used when selecting files to display
4	DefinitionQuery	Definition Query
5	AddToLegend	Includes this layer in the legend if set to true
6	Display	Shows if set to true
7	LabelClasses	Details for displaying labels

Execution

Key

#	Icon	Meaning
1	✔️	Must always be supplied
2	⚡	If not supplied, this parameter can be inferred if the cmf_description.json and the event_description.json files are in he root of the Crash Move Folder.

Parameters

#	Field	Mandatory	Description
1	--cookbook	⚡	Path to the cookbook mapCookbook.json file.
2	--layerConfig	⚡	Path to the layerProperties.json file.
3	--cmf	✔️	Path to the Crash Move Folder root.
4	--template	⚡	Path to the MXD file.
5	--product	✔️	Name of product (must correlate with a product in the cookbook file).
6	--country	⚡	Name of country.

Example 1

For a specified MXD using the --template parameter:

   --cookbook "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\316_Automation\mapCookbook.json" \
   --layerConfig "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\316_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

   --cookbook "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\316_Automation\mapCookbook.json" \
   --layerConfig "D:\MapAction\2019-06-25 - Automation - El Salvador\GIS\3_Mapping\31_Resources\316_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