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Export Data Driven Pages from ArcGIS in bulk as JPG and/or PDF

ddp_export.py

The purpose of this script is to bulk export data driven pages from ArcGIS. It generates output as JPG and/or PDF based on user input. This by inspired by an answer [the question about exporting data driven pages on GIS Stack Exchage] (http://gis.stackexchange.com/a/67520/27257).

To run this script:

  1. Open up cmd.exe (Command Prompt)
  2. Copy the location of where this script is located
  3. In the command prompt navigate to the directory containing this script: cd <path to directory>
  4. In the command prompt run the script: python ddp_export.py
  5. Follow the instructions.

ddp_export.py