Welcome back to another video in the Python Basics for GIS Programming series on GIS Gallery.
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to work with dictionaries in Python, understand how key–value pairs work, and explore commonly used dictionary methods with practical examples.
✅ In this video, you’ll learn:
What a dictionary is in Python
How key–value pairs work
Creating and accessing dictionaries
Common dictionary methods:
keys()
values()
items()
get()
update()
pop()
Real-world GIS use cases, such as storing field mappings, layer metadata, and attribute lookups
These concepts are widely used in ArcPy, PyQGIS, and geospatial automation scripts.
