Chapter 4. Automating Map Production and Printing

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Creating a list of layout elements
• Assigning a unique name to layout elements
• Restricting the layout elements returned by ListLayoutElements()
• Updating the properties of layout elements
• Getting a list of available printers
• Printing maps with PrintMap()
• Exporting a map to a PDF file
• Exporting a map to an image file
• Exporting a report
• Building a map book with Data Driven Pages and ArcPy mapping
• Publishing a map document to an ArcGIS Server service