{"id":5162,"date":"2025-09-07T11:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T16:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T16:58:21","slug":"tooill-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/2025\/09\/07\/tooill-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Tooill &#8211; Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 1-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I logged into ArcGIS, downloaded the tutorials, and created a new project. I also learned how to save my projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I learned how to add and remove basemaps, like a street basemap, for example, and I learned what layers are and how to add and remove them (located in the contents pane).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I learned how to share and export files\/maps and I familiarized myself with creating and removing pop ups, as well as zooming in and out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I practiced making bookmarks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every vector feature class has an attribute table, and each feature (point, line, or polygon) of a feature class has a record or row of data. You right click on a feature class and select \u201cattribute table.\u201d In the map tab, choose \u201cselect by attribute.\u201d On the attribute table, click \u201cshow selected records.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right clicking on feature classes, attributes, etc. gives you lots of options to choose. You can sort data in different ways (like ascending and descending), deleting data, etc..\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analysis tab -&gt; tools button -&gt; geoprocessing plane -&gt; toolboxes -&gt; expand analysis tools -&gt; statistics -&gt; summary statistics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Symbolize features classes by right clicking on one and selecting symbology. Then choose the desired symbol.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can label feature classes on a map by choosing a feature class and clicking on the labeling tab at the top of the screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the Catalog pane, expand Maps, double-click the desired 3-D feature. Use the right and left buttons to navigate, or the scroll wheel. You can also press V and the down arrow key to tilt the map and see the 3-D view.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5163\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter-1-2025-09-02-181951-300x231.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter-1-2025-09-02-181951-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter-1-2025-09-02-181951.png 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5164\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/ScreenshotChapter1-2025-09-02-181909-300x216.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/ScreenshotChapter1-2025-09-02-181909-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/ScreenshotChapter1-2025-09-02-181909.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 2-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this chapter, I worked on adding and changing more symbols, like in chapter 1, specifically changing things like color, color scheme, and text size.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To remove duplicate labels, follow these steps: 1) Right click the layer under concern and click Labeling Properties. 2) Click Position, then Conflict Resolution. 3) Expand \u201cRemove Duplicate Labels\u201d, then click Remove All. This removes duplicate labels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why did we use the numbers 4901, 4902, and 4903 for creating a definition query instead of any other ascending numbers?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A choropleth map is a thematic map that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uses varying shades or colors to represent data values across different geographic regions, making it easier to visualize and compare data distributions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">View tab -&gt; convert -&gt; to local scene -&gt; contents pane -&gt; drag feature class in question to above 3D layers heading -&gt; feature layer tab -&gt; extrusion group -&gt; type -&gt; base height -&gt; extrusion group -&gt; field -&gt; select the relevant field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Importing symbology: symbology pane -&gt; import symbology<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dot density map: go to symbology and set dot density as primary symbology<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Go to the feature layer tab to utilize the visibility range tool. This changes what distance you can see labels at (zoom in and labels disappear, zoom out and they reappear, and vice versa).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5165\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-chapter-2-2025-09-02-181543-300x290.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-chapter-2-2025-09-02-181543-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-chapter-2-2025-09-02-181543.png 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5166\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-chapter2_2025-09-02-181635-300x267.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-chapter2_2025-09-02-181635-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-chapter2_2025-09-02-181635-768x683.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-chapter2_2025-09-02-181635.png 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 3-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can use guides in order to place features of a map precisely. Right click on the space you want to add a feature, and make sure that ruler and guides are selected. Then, you can click on the ruler once you close out of that screen and choose \u201cadd guide.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the insert tab, you select legend to add a legend. When one legend is selected, you can choose legend items and show properties to display more information on the legend.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can add text for a title and many other things under the insert tab.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data tab -&gt; visual group -&gt; create chart. At the top of the chart properties plane, choose general, and then add a chart title and x and y axis labels. You can adjust color, size, and thickness on these charts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sharing a map online: Share tab -&gt; share A\u2019s -&gt; web map -&gt; add your name in name field -&gt; fill in other summary info -&gt; under share, choose with everyone -&gt; analyze -&gt; share.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I logged into ArcGIS Online and found the map that I just shared under my content. On ArcGIS Online, I was able to change features and symbology.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The story maps on ArcGIS were pretty cool, I really liked the format of them and getting to create my own. All of the steps were pretty self explanatory and something that I could have done without the tutorial.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To create a dashboard on ArcGIS Online, go to the app launcher (9 dots) and select dashboards. You have to apply the settings relevant to the work that you\u2019re doing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the dashboard toolbar (left side of screen) you can add different elements, like tables. This didn\u2019t work well for me because after I created the tables, I couldn\u2019t get them to show up on the map at all, but they showed up as a separate tab. As I was following along with the tutorial, I should have been able to accomplish this but it did not work.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5167\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter3-2025-09-02-174312-300x136.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter3-2025-09-02-174312-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter3-2025-09-02-174312-1024x464.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter3-2025-09-02-174312-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter3-2025-09-02-174312-1536x695.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-Chapter3-2025-09-02-174312.png 1891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5168\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot_Chapter3-2025-09-02-174530-231x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot_Chapter3-2025-09-02-174530-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot_Chapter3-2025-09-02-174530.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 1-\u00a0 I logged into ArcGIS, downloaded the tutorials, and created a new project. I also learned how to save my projects. I learned how to add and remove basemaps, like a street basemap, for example, and I learned what layers are and how to add and remove them (located in the contents pane). I learned how to share and export files\/maps and I familiarized myself with creating and removing pop ups, as well as zooming in and out. I practiced making bookmarks. Every vector feature class has an attribute table, and each feature (point, line, or polygon) of a feature class has a record or row of data. You right click on a feature class and select \u201cattribute table.\u201d In the map tab, choose \u201cselect by attribute.\u201d On the attribute table, click \u201cshow selected records.\u201d Right clicking on feature classes, attributes, etc. gives you lots of options to choose. You can sort data in different ways (like ascending and descending), deleting data, etc..\u00a0 Analysis tab -&gt; tools button -&gt; geoprocessing plane -&gt; toolboxes -&gt; expand analysis tools -&gt; statistics -&gt; summary statistics Symbolize features classes by right clicking on one and selecting symbology. Then choose the desired symbol.\u00a0 You can label feature classes on a map by choosing a feature class and clicking on the labeling tab at the top of the screen.\u00a0 In the Catalog pane, expand Maps, double-click the desired 3-D feature. Use the right and left buttons to navigate, or the scroll wheel. You can also press V and the down arrow key to tilt the map and see the 3-D view. Chapter 2- In this chapter, I worked on adding and changing more symbols, like in chapter 1, specifically changing things like color, color scheme, and text size.\u00a0 To remove duplicate labels, follow these steps: 1) Right click the layer under concern and click Labeling Properties. 2) Click Position, then Conflict Resolution. 3) Expand \u201cRemove Duplicate Labels\u201d, then click Remove All. This removes duplicate labels.\u00a0 Why did we use the numbers 4901, 4902, and 4903 for creating a definition query instead of any other ascending numbers?\u00a0 A choropleth map is a thematic map that uses varying shades or colors to represent data values across different geographic regions, making it easier to visualize and compare data distributions.\u00a0 View tab -&gt; convert -&gt; to local scene -&gt; contents pane -&gt; drag feature class in question to above 3D layers heading -&gt; feature layer tab -&gt; extrusion group -&gt; type -&gt; base height -&gt; extrusion group -&gt; field -&gt; select the relevant field. \u00a0Importing symbology: symbology pane -&gt; import symbology Dot density map: go to symbology and set dot density as primary symbology Go to the feature layer tab to utilize the visibility range tool. This changes what distance you can see labels at (zoom in and labels disappear, zoom out and they reappear, and vice versa).\u00a0 Chapter 3- You can use guides in order to place features of a map precisely. Right click on the space you want to add a feature, and make sure that ruler and guides are selected. Then, you can click on the ruler once you close out of that screen and choose \u201cadd guide.\u201d On the insert tab, you select legend to add a legend. When one legend is selected, you can choose legend items and show properties to display more information on the legend.\u00a0 You can add text for a title and many other things under the insert tab.\u00a0\u00a0 Data tab -&gt; visual group -&gt; create chart. At the top of the chart properties plane, choose general, and then add a chart title and x and y axis labels. You can adjust color, size, and thickness on these charts.\u00a0 Sharing a map online: Share tab -&gt; share A\u2019s -&gt; web map -&gt; add your name in name field -&gt; fill in other summary info -&gt; under share, choose with everyone -&gt; analyze -&gt; share. I logged into ArcGIS Online and found the map that I just shared under my content. On ArcGIS Online, I was able to change features and symbology.\u00a0 The story maps on ArcGIS were pretty cool, I really liked the format of them and getting to create my own. All of the steps were pretty self explanatory and something that I could have done without the tutorial.\u00a0 To create a dashboard on ArcGIS Online, go to the app launcher (9 dots) and select dashboards. You have to apply the settings relevant to the work that you\u2019re doing.\u00a0 On the dashboard toolbar (left side of screen) you can add different elements, like tables. This didn\u2019t work well for me because after I created the tables, I couldn\u2019t get them to show up on the map at all, but they showed up as a separate tab. As I was following along with the tutorial, I should have been able to accomplish this but it did not work.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2324,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-student-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5169,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162\/revisions\/5169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}