Chapter 1
Getting started was a challenge for me. This was more time consuming than I thought, especially since I had trouble from the beginning opening the files. Once I got started it was relatively easy to get the hang of. Tutorial 1-3 was a bit more challenging, I had issues finding the attribute tables, then my entire computer froze and had to redo all of 1-3.
This is from the end of chapter one. This Chapter was about changing symbols of feature classes like the color and size. This screenshot of the 3D map is an interesting way to see the difference in population density in a city. It was fun to play around with. Chapter one helped me get familiar with the system.
Chapter 2
Chapter 2 is about designing and symbolizing thematic maps. This chapter was a lot more in depth than the previous chapter, so was a little bit more challenging. For some reason, tutorials 2-2 and 2-3 were particularly frustrating. I could not figure out the labeling part of the section. However it was satisfying to complete once I got the hang of it. I could not figure out how to get the 3D map in 2-4 to work, so unfortunately had to skip that part. I will be coming back to it at some point though because I think it will be useful to know how to do that in the future. The image below is from tutorial 2-5 and is about displaying data using point symbols in the center in each polygon. Even though the purple is very vibrant and probably not the best shade for this map, I like the colors I chose.
Chapter 3
This has been my favorite chapter so far as it was easiest for me to understand. This chapter was about sharing the maps created with people who don’t have ArcGIS. I really liked making the story on the website. The image below is from the first part of chapter 2 where I made a layout of the two maps in a way to make it easier to read for someone unfamiliar with GIS. I think that it is very important to know how to share the maps online, and I like how this section got me familiar with the web GIS and how to connect the two. I didn’t know that the two would be as compatible as they are.
