From be74d92c92184025ddbf087bd9287da9322d7c06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Howe <d.howe@wrl.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 07:57:17 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Make all paths absolute for arcpy

---
 generate_heatmaps.py | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/generate_heatmaps.py b/generate_heatmaps.py
index 7e06ea7..c82858d 100644
--- a/generate_heatmaps.py
+++ b/generate_heatmaps.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def parse_yaml(yaml_name):
     params = {}
     for line in yaml.split('\n'):
         if line:
-            key, val = line.split(':')
+            key, val = line.split(':', 1)
             params[key] = val.strip()
 
     return params
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ def process(yaml_name):
     beach = params['BEACH']
     base_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(params['INPUT LAS']))[0]
 
-    # Set all paths relative to current script location
-    input_tif_dir = params['TIF DEM FOLDER']
-    mxd_name = params['MAP DOCUMENT']
-    symb_lyr_name = params['SYMBOLOGY LAYER']
-    clip_poly = params['HEATMAP CROP POLY']
-    output_tif_dir = params['TIF HEATMAP FOLDER']
-    previous_date = params['PREVIOUS SURVEY DATE']
+    # Make all input and output paths absolute
+    mxd_name = os.path.abspath(params['MAP DOCUMENT'])
+    clip_poly = os.path.abspath(params['HEATMAP CROP POLY'])
+    symb_lyr_name = os.path.abspath(params['SYMBOLOGY LAYER'])
+    input_tif_dir = os.path.abspath(params['TIF DEM FOLDER'])
+    output_tif_dir = os.path.abspath(params['TIF HEATMAP FOLDER'])
 
     # Check if previous survey date was provided
+    previous_date = params['PREVIOUS SURVEY DATE']
     try:
         int(previous_date)
     except ValueError: