Chapter 1- get started with Web GIS
This chapter introduces the fundamentals of web GIS, outlining its benefits and key components. The basic components of a web GIS app are the base maps, operational layers, and tools. The chapter also emphasizes the power of web GIS to provide real-time data and accessibility across various devices and groups of people. It explains how cloud computing, web services, and APIs facilitate data sharing and integration. The first tutorial was easy once I got going. One of the first things I had to do was make a web map made from data downloaded from the ArcGIS website. Then we had to create an instant web app using a template.
Chapter 2 – smart mapping and storytelling with GIS
This chapter continues discussing feature layers and web apps by first introducing feature layers and the different ways to style them using smart mapping. The tutorials for chapter two were also very straightforward and easy. The first one was just editing names from data imported from Microsoft excel. I got a little stuck on 2:2. When making the style for the map of the top 50 US states, the data for 2020 and 2010 was switched (the directions were to style the Census 2020 data with the theme “above and below” but there was no option for the 2020 data) . 2:3 had some coding, but it was easy to follow.