This chapter went very smoothly and I finally didn’t run into any problems using ArcGIS Online. The beginning of the chapter went through how to create a dashboard app, which is useful for displaying information that is constantly changing and the dashboard can keep it up to date, which is a very useful application. This section also introduced me to new elements on ArcGIS Online and how to put multiple elements on one page to display as much information as possible. The next section went over how to use Arcade to format certain things. This section involved adding a bit of code, but it was pretty easy and I got it to work. Next, the chapter went over how to add a time slider to show how things like population can change over time. I got more practice with symbolizing attributes and what sizes and colors to use to show up best on maps. I think it would be very interesting to use the time slider for a project idea, and this could really be used to show a wide variety of data. If there is data available, I think it could be cool to show a time slider of tree leaf fall in autumn. It would be interesting to see how leaf fall compares from state to state.
