Hi, my name is Abbie Grogan. I am from Louisville, Kentucky and I am a Pre-professional Zoology major with a Chemistry minor. I am a junior here and I am a captain of the OWU women’s lacrosse team.
Since I took 291, I am confident in my abilities to maneuver and work through ArcGIS online. Those computers loved to give me issues last semester for the longest time, so I am very happy to avoid those now. I completed the ArcGIS Online Basics course, which introduced me to fundamental GIS concepts and highlighted the powerful features of ArcGIS Online. One of the most valuable aspects I learned about was how feature layers allow for detailed data visualization, which aids in analyzing trends across different locations. I also gained an understanding of the Web AppBuilder, a tool that enables users to create interactive applications without requiring coding skills. This makes GIS tools much more accessible to those without technical backgrounds but who still need to utilize geographic data.
The first thing I found when looking through Google Scholar was a guy named Ranjani Varaghur doing a study through Penn St University on the soil in the Big Elk Watershed area. This map is the elevation of the area he was doing his experiment.
The second map that I found was a collected list of D1 lacrosse players and where they come from. The map shows the sport has been growing nation wide as it was really only popular on the east and west coast of the US for a long time.
