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

Caution:

This tool modifies the input data. See Tools that modify or update the input data for more information and strategies to avoid undesired data changes.

• 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

Dialog

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Metadata Files	The .xml files that contain the metadata that will be imported.	File
Cell or ResourceSrf Features	The Cell or ResourceSrf feature class where the metadata will be imported.	Feature Layer
Metadata Type (Optional)	Specifies the type of metadata that will be imported. MGCP—Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program metadata will be imported. This is the default. MUVD—MGCP Urban Vector Data metadata will be imported.	String

Derived Output

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Output Cell or ResourceSrf Features	The Cell or ResourceSrf feature class that has been updated with information from the input metadata XML.	Feature Layer

Python

arcpy.topographic.ImportMetadata(files, in_cell_features, {metadata_type})

Name	Explanation	Data Type
files [files,...]	The .xml files that contain the metadata that will be imported.	File
in_cell_features	The Cell or ResourceSrf feature class where the metadata will be imported.	Feature Layer
metadata_type (Optional)	Specifies the type of metadata that will be imported. MGCP—Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program metadata will be imported. This is the default. MUVD—MGCP Urban Vector Data metadata will be imported.	String

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
out_cells	The Cell or ResourceSrf feature class that has been updated with information from the 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