Chapter 9
Chapter 9 went pretty smooth all things considered. The first issue I ran into was during Tutorial 9-2. When attempting to use the Spatial Join tool, The book instructs us to expand the field tab within the tool. Under this tab it says to set Output Fields to AGE_5_17. There is nowhere to set an Output Field under this tab, it is simply a list of the fields. Furthermore, there was nowhere to carry out the next instruction to set Merge Rule to Sum. I spent a lot of time attempting to troubleshoot this tool, however this was in vain. As it was the final portion of Tutorial 9-2, I saved my project and proceeded to the next tutorial. Overall this was the only major issue I found in Chapter 9.
Chapter 10
Chapter 10 opened with me not being able to understand what was going wrong. The textbook instructs you to utilize the Raster To Other Format Tool, which is what I chose. After inputting the data that the book specifies, it instructs you to delete LandUse_Pgh.tif and add LandUse_Pgh from the Chapter10 Database. However, After using the Raster To Other Format Tool, the data was not added to the database. I ran the tool a few more times to no avail. After this I restarted the program, and all three of the files magically appeared in the database. While this specific instance in Tutorial 10-1 ended up working, overall I had a lot of difficulties throughout this chapter. Certain files were missing, others wouldn’t show up in the software, etc. I did my best to complete as much as I could.
Chapter 11
Chapter 11 starts off very simple. Viewing the different dimensions of the 3D map was a nice introduction. I thoroughly enjoyed Tutorial 11-3. Creating 3D-Trees on the map is something minute that adds a lot of depth and character to the map. Along with creating the trees, I also had an enjoyable time learning how to create different floors of a building in Tutorial 11-5. My favorite part of this chapter however, was creating and exporting the animation in Tutorial 11-7. I assumed that this capability would be somewhat self-explanatory (which it was), however there were certain things I was required to do that I know I would not have been able to without the instruction of the textbook. Outside of user errors like inputting data to the wrong part of the table, selecting the wrong polygon, etc, I had a really smooth time going through this chapter.
