Practice Cartographic Automation (7.8.4) - Cartography and Thematic Mapping
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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is cartographic automation?

💡 Hint: Think about how technology interacts with traditional map-making.

Question 2 Easy

Name one tool used for automating cartography.

💡 Hint: Consider programming languages or specific ArcGIS tools.

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Question 1

What programming language is most commonly used for cartographic automation?

JavaScript
Python
Ruby

💡 Hint: Think of the language commonly used in data analytics.

Question 2

ModelBuilder is primarily used to ____.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what you learned about visual programming tools.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create a workflow using ModelBuilder that automates the layering of various datasets to produce a final output map. Describe each step involved.

💡 Hint: Think about how you can visually represent each task as a block.

Challenge 2 Hard

Utilize Python to create a script that automatically updates a set of maps with new data weekly. Provide the rationale for your scripting choices.

💡 Hint: Consider libraries that could help with data import and export tasks.

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