Import From MGCP (Defense Mapping)

Summary

Imports Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program (MGCP) metadata into a Topographic Features Data Management (TFDM) geodatabase.

Usage

• MGCP stores metadata in three feature classes: Cell, Subregion, and Source. TFDM stores metadata in the DatasetSrf and CollectionSrf feature classes.

• The TFDM DatasetSrf features must already exist and be contained by the MGCP Cell to import.

• The tool writes attribute values from Cell and Subregion features into the TFDM DatasetSrf feature class. It also inserts some hard-coded or derived values.

  TFDM DatasetSrf Field	DatasetSrf value
  DQS	Cell.CLSTAT
  ETS	mgcpTrd
  ETZ	Subregion.SVSPCD or Cell.CVSPCD (Subregion has precedence)
  HZD	worldGeodeticSystem1984
  RCG	Subregion.SORIGA or Cell.CORIGA (Subregion has precedence)
  ZI002_CCN	Subregion.SCPYRT or Cell.CCPYRT (Subregion has precedence)
  ZI002_CCN	Subregion.SCPYRT or Cell.CCPYRT (Subregion has precedence)
  AHA	Subregion.SACEVL
  AVA	Subregion.SALEVL
  EQC	Subregion.SSCALE
  MDE	Subregion.SEDDAT

  DatasetSrf feature class fields list and target values

• The tool writes attribute values from the MGCP Source feature class into the TFDM CollectionSrf feature class.

  CollectionSrf fields	Value
  ZI001_SSY if spatial; otherwise, ZI001_NSP	Source.SOURCE
  ZI001_SSN if spatial; otherwise, ZI001_NSN	Source.SOURCE_IDENTIFIER
  ZI001_SSD if spatial; otherwise, ZI001_NSD	Source.SOURCE_DATE

  CollectionSrf feature class fields list and target values

Syntax

ImportFromMGCP_defense (in_cell_features, in_dataset_areas)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_cell_features	The input MGCP Cell features. The tool reads Subregion and Source features from the same workspace that stores in_cell_features.	Feature Layer
in_dataset_areas	The input DatasetSrf features. The tool reads CollectionSrf features from the same workspace that stores in_dataset_areas features.	Feature Layer

Code Sample

ImportFromMGCP example (stand-alone Python script)

The following script creates MGCP Cell and TFDM DatasetSrf feature layers. It executes the ImportFromMGCP function, using the feature layers as input.

# ImportFromMGCP_Example.py
# Description: Imports MGCP metadata into TFDM
# Requirements: Defense Mapping extension

# Import arcpy
import arcpy
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("defense")

# variables for data paths and feature layers
cell = "C:/data/TFDM_Metadata_Tool_Data/Import/Import_MX_MGCP_TRD3.gdb/MGCP_Metadata/Cell"
DatasetAreas = "C:/data/tfdm.gdb/LTDS/DatasetAreas"
mgcpCellFeatures = "Cell_Layer"
tfdmDatasetareaFeatures = "DatasetAreas"

# MGCP Cell Feature Layer
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(cell, mgcpCellFeatures)

# TFDM DatasetArea feature layer
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(DatasetAreas, tfdmDatasetareaFeatures)

# Import MGCP into TFDM
arcpy.ImportFromMGCP_defense(mgcpCellFeatures, tfdmDatasetareaFeatures)

arcpy.CheckInExtension("defense")

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing Information

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: No

ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: Requires Defense Mapping

ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Requires Defense Mapping