App 1: Places to See in Montréal
The first app I made for my final project reflects the topics covered in the Getting to Know Web GIS chapters 1-4. I particularly enjoyed using the Instant Apps program to make a detailed app showing points of interest, such as the one completed in the chapter 1 tutorial. Places to See in Montréal uses the same Instant App format as the one in the tutorial, but with this app I wanted to incorporate points of interest that I saw or visited during a trip with my parents in 2023. To create the app, I first started by making a .csv file with Google sheets; In it, I included the name of the point of interest, a short paragraph to caption the location, and the location’s longitude and latitude. Following this, I then loaded the .csv file into ArcOnline as a Feature Layer, which I opened in Map Viewer to edit basemap, symbology, and visible fields to ones that were cleaner and more cohesive. Once this was complete, I loaded the map into an Instant App preset, and finalized the project. The result is an interactive map displaying 10 pinned locations, each with a caption and 2-3 relevant images attached.
App 2: Hocking Hills Hiking Guide
https://owugis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/27e9fc7199cb463f98f874c5f1d7de81
The second app I made for my final project reflects the topics covered in the textbook chapters 5-8. I took inspiration from the chapter 6 dashboard tutorial and made my own dashboard for people interested in hiking in Hocking Hills State Park. The dashboard was designed to provide information for hikers about the status of trails, weather conditions, and other helpful landmarks like parking lots and trail waypoints to ensure a safe and well-planned excursion. I started this project by using the ODNR’s Hocking Hills map for the location of trails and points of interest. After hiding the nonessential information, refining the pop-up details, and changing the symbology, I added the map to a new dashboard. I turned on features such as a search bar and location finder to help hikers navigate to a specific point of the park or their own location. Afterwards, I added in a map of weather advisories from the National Weather Service that automatically refreshes. I finished up the project by adding legends, titles and subtitles, and a theme to make the dashboard clean, legible, and effective.