Chapter 3
Chapter 3 talked about the experience builder or “web experiences,” which is described as a way to combine functions from multiple apps. There are multiple ways to create these, including choices between starting from scratch or picking a template, choosing a theme, adding data and widgets, and refining layouts to fit different devices. The basic components include widgets, which contain focused functions, windows, which contain body content, among other features. Within widgets can exist actions that can be categorized into message actions and then subcategorized into triggers, targets, and actions. Another action within widgets generally is data actions, which are simply actions to do with the data. The chapter briefly mentioned the experience builder built into ArcGIS, which I am familiar with from 291. After doing the tutorial, I found that it was not very familiar and I had a difficult time finding things and getting things to work.
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 included making surveys with arcOnline, using quick capture, and AuGeo. The main goal of the chapter was to introduce mobile uses of ArcOnline. The advantages discussed at the beginning of the chapter included mobility, but not without a cost of smaller processing allowance and things of that sort that are limitations with any mobile app. However, while making the survey, I noticed that the format was very similar to a classic format like google forms, just with space to add media. I think in order to pick up any of these concepts properly, I would have to work with them in a real application, where I would have to process real people’s data from app usage. I was unable to download the AuGeo app on my phone so I am not sure how that would have worked.
Application:
One application using this mobile technology would be to set up a survey of instances people have seen different trash in a certain area, and to take that information and map out the density of each type in different areas. Perhaps in analyzing this and publishing it, people may become more aware of their litter.
Note: this is late, but I have put in my 3 hours 12:30-4:20 today.