matt wilkie maphew

Roads and Bridges: the unseen labor behind our digital infrastructure

by Nadia Eghbal

This is a copy, crudely reformatted from PDF to HTML using MS Word 2013. It has significant layout issues and no images, but should be mostly legible on small screens.

Refer to original in case of confusion:
http://www.fordfoundation.org/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure/

Read rendered gist version:
https://cdn.rawgit.com/maphew/2d0f6b0c9b5d4f96d6f4509b0011b352/raw/b3c0a8c82bd77e7a75bebe9a2672623926fdfb11/roads-and_filtered.html

	import os
	import sys
	wspace = r'D:\Feb-19'
	tile = '116o'
	ex1 = os.path.join(wspace, r'Work_{}\scratch.gdb'.format(tile))
	ex2 = os.path.join(wspace, r'\Work_{}\scratch.gdb'.format(tile))

	print(sys.version)

	print('''\n--- Expected ---

	# ./my_cli/cli.py
	# wrapper created for console_scripts to run 'tools/multi_main'

	import os
	import sys

	here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

	def multi_main(argv):
	fname = os.path.join(here, '../tools', 'multi_main.py')

	@echo off
	echo.
	echo. Manually registering custom ArcGIS COM tools in the current folder...
	echo.
	setlocal
	set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin

	for %%a in (*.dll) do ESRIRegAsm.exe "%%~dpna"

	endlocal

	# asc2json
	# Convert Arcinfo Ascii Grid file to JSON
	# RegEx replace:
	# - strip leading whitespace
	# - strip line not beginning with a number
	# - add opening `[` to beginning of line
	# - space to comma
	# - end of line to `],`
	# - strip empty list `[],`

	#Interactive Python window in ArcMap
	import arcpy
	mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
	df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "Layers")[0]
	lyr = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "*", df)[0]
	renderer = lyr._arc_object.renderer

	>>> renderer
	u"<Renderer xsi:type='typens:RasterClassifyRenderer' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
	...snip...

	<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.meteoearth.com/service/me.js'></script>
	<div id='meDiv' style='width:420px;height:420px;background:#000;position:relative'></div>
	<script type='text/javascript'>var meConfig={div:document.getElementById('meDiv'),viewSettings:{longitude: -132.8662,latitude: 65.7642,zoom:8.3868,is3DEnabled:true,isLightingEnabled:true, isPrecipitationEnabled:true, isWindEnabled:true}};me_createView(meConfig);</script>