Abstract

Using wxPython in Desktop Python Add-in for Variable Grid Method Tool
Track: Python for Analysis
Authors: Aaron Barkhurst, Vic Baker

Efforts to communicate uncertainty remains a persistent problem faced in the GIS community. A Python Addin extension and toolbar for ArcGIS was developed to apply the Variable Grid Method, which visualizes spatial patterns and trends and underlying uncertainty simultaneously. The custom tool UI, built with the wxPython GUI tookit, dynamically utilizes available ArcGIS extensions to create a variable grid where cell size quantitatively represents the uncertainty associated with the input data.