Geoprocessing with Python

Acknowledgments

I knew that writing a book would be difficult, but it was even harder than I anticipated, and it ended up taking quite a bit longer than I thought it would. My coworkers, friends, and family were very supportive throughout the process, and definitely deserve my thanks. Chris McGinty and Tommy Thompson provided feedback on some of the text. My neighbors Marybeth and McKay Wilson knew I was busy and seemed to take joy in mowing my lawn or clearing snow from my driveway before I could get to it, and they also dropped treats by occasionally. My friend Gayle Edlin published her own book while I was working on this one, which proved to me that it really could be done!

My Manning editor, Jennifer Stout, was my biggest cheerleader, ...