Import MGCP Metadata (Topographic Production)

Summary

Imports Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program (MGCP) or MGCP Urban Vector Data (MUVD) metadata to an MGCP or MUVD database.

Usage

  • The metadata can only be imported into an MGCP or MUVD database.

  • The input .xml files must match the MGCP or MUVD metadata specification and be compliant with MGCP or MUVD Technical Reference Documents (TRDs).

  • Data is imported into MGCP or MUVD feature classes.

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Metadata Files

The .xml files that contain the metadata that will be imported.

File
Cell or Resource Features

The Cell or Resource feature class where the metadata will be imported.

Feature Layer
Metadata Type
(Optional)

Specifies the type of metadata that will be imported.

  • MGCPMultinational Geospatial Co-production Program metadata will be imported. This is the default.
  • MUVDMGCP Urban Vector Data metadata will be imported.
String

Derived Output

LabelExplanationData Type
Output Cell or Resource Features

The Cell or Resource feature class that has been updated with information from input metadata XML.

Feature Layer

arcpy.topographic.ImportMetadata(files, in_cell_features, {metadata_type})
NameExplanationData Type
files
[files,...]

The .xml files that contain the metadata that will be imported.

File
in_cell_features

The Cell or Resource feature class where the metadata will be imported.

Feature Layer
metadata_type
(Optional)

Specifies the type of metadata that will be imported.

  • MGCPMultinational Geospatial Co-production Program metadata will be imported. This is the default.
  • MUVDMGCP Urban Vector Data metadata will be imported.
String

Derived Output

NameExplanationData Type
out_cells

The Cell or Resource feature class that has been updated with information from input metadata XML.

Feature Layer

Code sample

ImportMetadata example (stand-alone script)

In this example, the E022N02.xml file is imported to the MGCP_TRD_4_4 geodatabase.

# Name: ImportMGCPMetadata_sample.py
# Description: Imports Metadata XML file in to Cell feature

# Import System Modules
import arcpy

# Check Out Extensions
arcpy.CheckOutExtension('Defense')

# Setting Local Variables
metadata_file = r'C:\ProProjects\ImportMetadata\E022N02.xml'
cell_feature = r'C:\ProProjects\ImportMetadata\MGCP_TRD_4_4.gdb\MGCP_Metadata\Cell'
metadata_type = 'MGCP'

# Importing metadata xml into TRD 4.4 database
arcpy.topographic.ImportMetadata(metadata_file, cell_feature, metadata_type)

# Check In Extensions
arcpy.CheckInExtension('Defense')

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: Requires Defense Mapping
  • Advanced: Requires Defense Mapping

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