Chapter 5
Chapter 5 served as the connection between GisPro and Online. It explained the need for the case by case necessity of using both together. I understand this, as there is a lot more that can be done in ArcGIS Pro that maybe can’t be done online or just not done as well. However, there is still a need in this situation to share work from Pro, and WebGis is great for that with its accessibility and presentation power. Chapter 5’s tutorial explored the story maps further, with an exported map from ArcGIS. This is the part of this course that was actually familiar to me from 291. And everything worked smoothly, thank goodness.
Chapter 6
While doing the tutorial for this chapter, I was impressed with the use of ArcOnline to have live refreshing data of police whereabouts. That is a very helpful and unique feature if it is widely promoted. Regarding the dashboard section, I found that very helpful to learn how to do. Dashboards present information that could be presented just the same in ArcGIS, but it is more organized and presentable. There were a couple of things that didn’t work properly for me, such as the location of some of the editing settings and the code. I noticed upon opening the code that the template was different, so I am assuming that the prompted code is a bit off as well, and that is why it didn’t work. Also, during one of the tutorials, I could not even find the setting to carry out the remainder of the work. It either no longer exists, or I just couldn’t find it in its new spot. I did as much I could.
Application:
One application from these two chapters could be related to the live remote tracking. If there were a way to connect a GPS to an ArcOnline refreshing program, it would be quite helpful to use for tracking hikers in national parks where there is often not much good service. The information would definately need to be kept very private just to park rangers and family or something, but it may be helpful if something bad were to occur, and hikers couldn’t normally be located.