#CartoDBToolbox

CartoDB Toolbox for Arcgis Desktop. It allows you to upload data from Arcgis Desktop to a CartoDB account.

(Note: This project is under development, and I am interested in getting feedback. If you have specific ArcGIS-to-CartoDB needs not met by the current codebase, please email me at juan@gkudos.com )

Features

• Upload data from Arcgis Desktop to CartoDB
• (For ArcGis Server / Online layers you can use the Arcgis Connector )

Supported Versions

• Arcgis Desktop 10.3

Install

Prerequisites : Requests Library

Requests Install Guide

or...

Add the python that arcgis use to your system path. ( i.e. *c:\Python27\Arcgis10.3* )

• See How to set the path and environment variables in Windows

Download the zipball from https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/zipball/master

Unzip it.

Use the command Prompt to install the package:

''' cd kennethreitz-requests-ab1f493 python setup.py install '''

Toolbox

Download the installer from https://github.com/gkudos/cartodb-toolbox/releases/download/1.0/CartoDB.Toolbox.For.Arcgis-1.0.win32.exe

Run the installer

Once installed, CartoDB toolbox must appear on ArcToolbox

Basic Usage

You can use the import tool to CartoDB like any other toolbox.

Parameters:

• CartoDB User Name
• Your Api Key
• Features to be uploaded

And Voila! Your data is now available on CartoDB

"Advanced" Usage

ArcPy

• Uploading Geodatabases to CartoDB Using Python and Arcpy

Model Builder

You can also use CartoDB Toolbox in model builder.

For example, this model clips features using a buffer. The geoprocessing results are automatically uploaded to CartoDB.

• Original data:

• Clipped features uploaded to CartoDB:

Contributors

• Juan Méndez ( @dersteppen )

3rd Party Scripts

• cartodb-utils.py by Andrew W. Hill ( @andrewxhill )
• Zip (compress) Python script by Esri