Make all paths absolute for arcpy

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
+    # Make all input and output paths absolute
-    input_tif_dir = params['TIF DEM FOLDER']
+    mxd_name = os.path.abspath(params['MAP DOCUMENT'])
-    mxd_name = params['MAP DOCUMENT']
+    clip_poly = os.path.abspath(params['HEATMAP CROP POLY'])
-    symb_lyr_name = params['SYMBOLOGY LAYER']
+    symb_lyr_name = os.path.abspath(params['SYMBOLOGY LAYER'])
-    clip_poly = params['HEATMAP CROP POLY']
+    input_tif_dir = os.path.abspath(params['TIF DEM FOLDER'])
-    output_tif_dir = params['TIF HEATMAP FOLDER']
+    output_tif_dir = os.path.abspath(params['TIF HEATMAP FOLDER'])
-    previous_date = params['PREVIOUS SURVEY DATE']
 
     # Check if previous survey date was provided
+    previous_date = params['PREVIOUS SURVEY DATE']
     try:
         int(previous_date)
     except ValueError: