McFarland Week 1

My name is Logan McFarland and I am a freshman who just finished GEOG291, so I am excited for this next GEOG!

Poking around my account:

  • When looking around the ESRI website I found myself looking at pricing for ArcGIS Pro and Wow it’s expensive! almost $800 for a professional basic bundle.
  • The training available is both interesting and very expansive covering many different kinds of topics.

Using ESRI Resources:

  • It seems like the online version of ArcGIS is more useful for sharing and analyzing maps than it is for actually creating them because creating them is more geared toward the desktop version of ArcGIS.
  • There are apps that can be used in the field that are useful for field workers who cannot take a computer out with them.

ESRI Training:

  • This course was eye opening to the many different uses of ArcGIS Online.
  • The quizzes were relatively easy and the step-by-step guide for the different sections was helpful.

Applications for ArcGIS Online:

I did a similar application for GEOG291, but instead of trout fishing areas I decided to use big game hunting areas.

This map shows all of the big game hunting areas for the state of Wyoming.

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Another application that I found from the same organization, Trout Unlimited, was a map of the movement corridoors for pronghorn in Nevada. This is useful for both hunters and those concerned with the management of pronghorn populations, like government organizations, alike.