Wagner Week 4

Chapter 1

Before even starting chapter 1, I was confused using the hard drive and transferring files but I figured it out after many mistakes. Going in I felt lost but the instructions are pretty clear and I felt better about a lot of basics. It did take me a while to try and navigate where things are and I assume it will just get easier with repetition throughout the semester. This first chapter took me longer to get through  but I think that is to be expected for any first time. I really liked the end of the chapter getting to see the 3-D map to show differences in population density.

       

 

Chapter 2

In chapter two I got to design and symbolize thematic maps. I enjoy every time I get to go to the symbology panel and change the symbols and colors. I find it fun but also it’s cool to see the changes on the map to make patterns more visible. This chapter had a lot to it, but it felt mostly straightforward. I again took a while to navigate where things are and clicked around a bunch to find specific buttons. I thought the 2-6 tutorial was really interesting when I got to swipe over the map and could compare two sets of data. I can see how helpful this software is in the real world. The only problem in this chapter was the 2.4 tutorial data was corrupt so I had to skip over it.

 

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 was all about sharing the maps we make for people who may not have access to ArcGIS Pro or don’t have the skills. I really enjoyed building the 3.1 layout because I like to make posters and such. I had no problems here and liked the finished product. Sharing the maps to ArcGIS online was also pretty easy and straightforward. Creating a story map was also fun, it just took a while. It just took time copying and pasting the correct paragraphs over to the story map. My little problem was that I couldn’t find an option to change the writing style to subheading so I just picked heading 2 or 3  and it seemed to do the job. Tutorial 3.4, creating the dashboard, started off really well for me but then I ran into some issues. For some reason I was having the hardest time to get the map next to the table. When I was supposed to drag the map to the left of the table, it just wasn’t going anywhere. I tried for a while to figure it out but decided it was best to move on. Later on, I also couldn’t find the expand button in the top corner of the map and so I wasn’t able to finish a few steps at the very end of the chapter. My dashboard doesn’t look the way It is supposed to but I tried.