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<blockquote data-quote="The_Quiet_One" data-source="post: 8409452" data-attributes="member: 614562">Sounds like you forgot to bring your kneepads to your &quot;job&quot; today. Maybe that&#039;s why your so pissy. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifHere&#039;s my sample code I promised you.# Author: Guy with no job who hangs out on caraudio.com. Dedicated to TJwubs# Description: Identify any Earthquake with a 4.5 or greater magnitude and export it to a feature layer.# Version 1.0: Requires 4.5_day.csv file in workspace, editing workspace, and editing projection in make event layer# Future Plans: Allow user defined magnitude selection, workspace, and projection.# Integrate ability to create .csv file# Add Tsunami Speed layer as base map layer for quick low tech calculations# Import modules and definitions# Sets up overall error check. &quot;Something is wrong&quot; is sent to console if main program fails to runtry:import urllib2import arcpyfrom arcpy import env# Defines environment settingsenv.workspace = r&quot;C:\Users\Souldrop\Desktop\Tsunami_project\Earthquake_Query&quot;env.overwriteOutput = True# Opens up placeholder .csv file, clears content, and saves ittemp = open(&quot;4.5_day.csv&quot;, &quot;w&quot;)temp.truncate()temp.close()# Define url of livestream USGS data for 4.5 mag earthquake for past 24 hoursurl = &#039;http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/4.5_day.csv&#039;# Opens and writes data to placeholder .csv file. Closes file after complete.u = urllib2.urlopen(url)instance_write = open(&#039;4.5_day.csv&#039;, &#039;w&#039;)instance_write.write(u.read())instance_write.close()# Creates feature layer that shows location of the recorded earthquakesarcpy.MakeXYEventLayer_management(&quot;4.5_day.csv&quot;, &quot;longitude&quot;, &quot;latitude&quot;, &quot;4.5_day_Layer&quot;,r&quot;C:\Souldrop\Desktop\Tsunami_project\Earthquake_Query\WGS_1984.prj&quot;, &quot;#&quot;)# Saves the created layer to your workspacearcpy.SaveToLayerFile_management(&quot;4.5_day_layer&quot;, &quot;eq_Event.lyr&quot;)# Sends the number of matching incidents to consoleprint arcpy.GetCount_management(&quot;4.5_day_layer&quot;)# Error notifications; prints any arcpy error messages.except:print &quot;Something is Wrong, because tjwubs is my hero&quot;print arcpy.GetMessages()</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Quiet_One, post: 8409452, member: 614562"] Sounds like you forgot to bring your kneepads to your "job" today. Maybe that's why your so pissy. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Here's my sample code I promised you. # Author: Guy with no job who hangs out on caraudio.com. Dedicated to TJwubs # Description: Identify any Earthquake with a 4.5 or greater magnitude and export it to a feature layer. # Version 1.0: Requires 4.5_day.csv file in workspace, editing workspace, and editing projection in make event layer # Future Plans: Allow user defined magnitude selection, workspace, and projection. # Integrate ability to create .csv file # Add Tsunami Speed layer as base map layer for quick low tech calculations # Import modules and definitions # Sets up overall error check. "Something is wrong" is sent to console if main program fails to run try: import urllib2 import arcpy from arcpy import env # Defines environment settings env.workspace = r"C:\Users\Souldrop\Desktop\Tsunami_project\Earthquake_Query" env.overwriteOutput = True # Opens up placeholder .csv file, clears content, and saves it temp = open("4.5_day.csv", "w") temp.truncate() temp.close() # Define url of livestream USGS data for 4.5 mag earthquake for past 24 hours url = 'http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/4.5_day.csv' # Opens and writes data to placeholder .csv file. Closes file after complete. u = urllib2.urlopen(url) instance_write = open('4.5_day.csv', 'w') instance_write.write(u.read()) instance_write.close() # Creates feature layer that shows location of the recorded earthquakes arcpy.MakeXYEventLayer_management("4.5_day.csv", "longitude", "latitude", "4.5_day_Layer", r"C:\Souldrop\Desktop\Tsunami_project\Earthquake_Query\WGS_1984.prj", "#") # Saves the created layer to your workspace arcpy.SaveToLayerFile_management("4.5_day_layer", "eq_Event.lyr") # Sends the number of matching incidents to console print arcpy.GetCount_management("4.5_day_layer") # Error notifications; prints any arcpy error messages. except: print "Something is Wrong, because tjwubs is my hero" print arcpy.GetMessages() [/QUOTE]

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