Hi I am Jade and I’m a sophomore studying zoology and minoring in environmental science.
I have previously taken Geog 291 and have some experience using ArcOnline. I began by going through my profile and then went and looked around the rest of the website. The training section was interesting since it listed different courses you can take for free. These courses are made to help people gain better skills pertaining to GIS. Next, I went into the ArcGis Blog and it included many articles about ArcGIS and helpful tips for users.
The Introduction page was a great overview of ArcOnline and I was able to learn so much more about it. With ArcOnline you can share and collaborate on projects with people in and out of your organization. You can share maps or other content by embedding them into web pages or social media. It was helpful to learn that you can also create maps that will be used offline and set it up so that offline editors get updates.
The Introduction course consisted of new and some old skills that I learned in GEOG 291. Some of my previous knowledge was able to help me get through a little quicker than if I had never seen this before. I really liked this training module because it explained each step very well and made you think critically during each lesson. I enjoyed learning how to create a new map and use data from online sources as we did with the snow routes in the Sierra Nevada. Additionally, I also learned about different sharing levels for different purposes including private, group, organization, and public. The module did a good job at explaining the differences between each and when you would use different levels.
For my first search I searched “ArcOnline Bumble Bees”. I found an application that was looking at the occurrence areas and observations of bumble bees in the United States. This map was very detailed and interesting to look into. It had each species of bumble bee and where they are most prevalently seen.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=97296dc461714d60b5459ecc8fafdd41
Search 2:
For my second search I looked up “ArcOnline Walleye”. I don’t fish but this is just what popped into my head first for some reason. What came up was a very cool website that shows fisherman where hotspots are for walleye in Minnesota for free! I thought this was such a cool idea and very fitting since Minnesotans are considered to be some of the nicest citizens in the US! The website included pictures of different spots, sum catch, confidence level, and other fun facts. If anyone is ever taking a fishing trip to Minnesota definitely check out this website.
