Wowza, I didn’t think that following along in tutorials could be so time consuming and difficult. I do however think that I was able to understand what I read during weeks 1-3 . This being said I realize now that you should start the weekly assignment in advance so that you aren’t cramming assignments because spending 5 hours in the GIS lab in one day is not it.
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 was a good intro into layers and kind of the basics of how to use Arc GIS. I thought that this chapter helped me to piece together some things from the reading. I was grateful for the tutorials and the step by step instructions. I especially was thankful for the hints. Once I got through chapter 1 I felt like I kind of had an idea of where things were and how to save my projects and name them. Honestly, I think figuring out how to download the tutorials was the hardest part for me. But, we managed and got through it.
Chapter 2
Chapter two gave me an idea of how to apply some of the things I learned in chapter 1. These tutorials walked me through how to make a map look like a map someone could use. I learned how to add labels and features. For tutorial 2-4 there was a red “!” next to Neighborhoods so I Couldn’t make the graph or anything for that section, it kept saying that there was no data, I tried reopening the tutorial but it didn’t fix the issue. Because of this I wasn’t able to complete 2-4 but I continued and got the chapter done.
Chapter 3
Chapter three was wild I handled 3-1 well, Building layouts and charts was a breeze but for some reason I had a difficult time figuring out how to share my map online. I managed to get to the part where you get to the MapSharing.pdf but the pdf was blank there was no text any where and often times no matter which browser I used it told me I was unable to see the pdf. This unfortunately hindered me from completing 3-2 and 3-4 . So I need to figure that out but I think once I do, it won’t be that hard.
