{"id":5494,"date":"2025-09-19T23:23:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:23:51","slug":"becker-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/2025\/09\/19\/becker-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Becker- Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Chapter 1<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ArcGIS- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">integrated collection of geographic information system software developed by Esri<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ArcGISPro- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">64-bit desktop GIS application that uses a ribbon interface for 2D and 3D mapping<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Feature class- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">basic building block for displaying geographic features on a map<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homogenous layer on map<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vector data with corresponding attributes for each feature<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Raster dataset- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">major type of spatial data that is a picture made up of a bunch of pixels<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>File geodatabase- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with extension.gdb that stores feature classes, raster datasets, and other related files<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Project- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">file with extension.aprx that contains one or more maps and related items<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basemap helps orient users to location<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5495\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001442-300x286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001442-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001442.png 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Catalog pane provides access to all components in ArcGIS project<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can create map with heading through this<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 1-2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned how to find attribute data for a feature<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned how to zoom in on feature<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5496\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001559-300x240.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001559-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001559.png 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spatial bookmarks allow you to zoom to preset map views<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can right click feature to get attribute table<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 1-3<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can change order of attributes, names and displayed names of attributes, see data types, delete attributes, and make only certain attributes visible<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned more about how to navigate attribute table<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 1-4<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning how to change symbols for feature classes (color, shape)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explored 3D maps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5498\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001643-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001643-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001643.png 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Chapter 2<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Thematic map- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">consists of a subject layer\/s (theme) placed in spatial context with other layers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make subject prominent while placing spatial context layers in the background<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2-1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Context layers often displayed using outlines with no color fill<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water features exception- blue color, no outline<\/span><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5499\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001809-300x281.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001809-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-001809.png 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2-2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning how to label all layers of map<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned how to filter out duplicate labels<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2-3<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use definition query to limit features to a desired subset of the larger collection based on values in feature attribute table<\/span><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5500\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002003-300x147.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002003-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002003-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002003.png 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2-4<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Choropleth map- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uses color in polygons to represent numeric attribute values<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use classification methods to display data (default method is natural breaks)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uses algorithm to cluster values of numeric attributes into groups<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5501\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002110-300x254.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002110-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002110.png 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2-5<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning to display polygon data in their centers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2-6<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choropleth map showing population useful for studying needs like demand for goods and services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choropleth maps of normalized data provide different data than choropleth maps of total population<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Normalized = segment of population divided by total population<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Density maps also form of normalized maps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can import and reuse symbology<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2-7<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dot density maps can be used to denote quantitative values<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Display a total number randomly across a statistical unit<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2-8<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visibility ranges automatically turn layers and labeling on and off, depending on zoom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Small scale- 1:50,000,000<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Large scale- 1:24,000<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can turn a feature layer on or off using visibility ranges<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Chapter 3<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 3-1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building map layout that has two maps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Had some troubles here loading second map<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned how to add legends beside maps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because of struggles displaying the second map, I wasn\u2019t able to follow the instruction for the create charts section<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 3-2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning how to publish and share ArcGIS maps online<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning how to access our maps using ArcGIS Online<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I realized I have been signed into somebody else\u2019s ArcGIS Pro this whole time\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5502\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002229-300x144.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002229-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002229-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002229.png 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 3-3<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned how to create story on ArcGIS Online<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Added various headers, subheadings, paragraph texts, and maps<\/span><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5503\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002312-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002312-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-002312.png 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 3-4<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dashboards- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">visual displays of data feeds in an easy-to-understand format, usually with map as center of focus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned how to create a dashboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Had issues filling screen with map, so I couldn\u2019t finish the very last part<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 1 ArcGIS- integrated collection of geographic information system software developed by Esri ArcGISPro- 64-bit desktop GIS application that uses a ribbon interface for 2D and 3D mapping Feature class- basic building block for displaying geographic features on a map Homogenous layer on map Vector data with corresponding attributes for each feature Raster dataset- major type of spatial data that is a picture made up of a bunch of pixels File geodatabase- with extension.gdb that stores feature classes, raster datasets, and other related files Project- file with extension.aprx that contains one or more maps and related items Basemap helps orient users to location ex: Catalog pane provides access to all components in ArcGIS project Can create map with heading through this Tutorial 1-2 Learned how to find attribute data for a feature Learned how to zoom in on feature Spatial bookmarks allow you to zoom to preset map views Can right click feature to get attribute table Tutorial 1-3 Can change order of attributes, names and displayed names of attributes, see data types, delete attributes, and make only certain attributes visible Learned more about how to navigate attribute table Tutorial 1-4 Learning how to change symbols for feature classes (color, shape) Explored 3D maps Chapter 2 Thematic map- consists of a subject layer\/s (theme) placed in spatial context with other layers Make subject prominent while placing spatial context layers in the background Tutorial 2-1 Context layers often displayed using outlines with no color fill Water features exception- blue color, no outline Tutorial 2-2 Learning how to label all layers of map Learned how to filter out duplicate labels Tutorial 2-3 Use definition query to limit features to a desired subset of the larger collection based on values in feature attribute table Tutorial 2-4 Choropleth map- uses color in polygons to represent numeric attribute values Use classification methods to display data (default method is natural breaks) Uses algorithm to cluster values of numeric attributes into groups \u00a0 Tutorial 2-5 Learning to display polygon data in their centers Tutorial 2-6 Choropleth map showing population useful for studying needs like demand for goods and services Choropleth maps of normalized data provide different data than choropleth maps of total population Normalized = segment of population divided by total population Density maps also form of normalized maps Can import and reuse symbology Tutorial 2-7 Dot density maps can be used to denote quantitative values Display a total number randomly across a statistical unit Tutorial 2-8 Visibility ranges automatically turn layers and labeling on and off, depending on zoom Small scale- 1:50,000,000 Large scale- 1:24,000 Can turn a feature layer on or off using visibility ranges Chapter 3 Tutorial 3-1 Building map layout that has two maps Had some troubles here loading second map Learned how to add legends beside maps Because of struggles displaying the second map, I wasn\u2019t able to follow the instruction for the create charts section Tutorial 3-2 Learning how to publish and share ArcGIS maps online Learning how to access our maps using ArcGIS Online I realized I have been signed into somebody else\u2019s ArcGIS Pro this whole time\u2026 Tutorial 3-3 Learned how to create story on ArcGIS Online Added various headers, subheadings, paragraph texts, and maps Tutorial 3-4 Dashboards- visual displays of data feeds in an easy-to-understand format, usually with map as center of focus Learned how to create a dashboard Had issues filling screen with map, so I couldn\u2019t finish the very last 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