Chapter 3: ArcGIS Experience Builder
Chapter 3 is about ArcGIS experience builder and how you can use this to have more functions than an individually configurable app and be able to remix functions of multiple apps. Experience Builder has pre-made widgets that provide functions like mapping, table view, querying, charting, and reporting. You can then select, mix, and configure these widgets to enhance your apps. To create Web experiences using Experience Builder the user must pick a premade template or start from scratch, select a theme, add source data, add and configure widgets, refine layouts for all devices, save, preview, publish, and then share. There are two main types of widgets, basic and layout. Basic widgets include map, legend, layers, query, filter, edit, chart, elevation profile, and survey while layout widgets include section, column, row, fixed panel, and sidebar. This chapter talks about the three versions of Experience builder and how they are similar and different to each other. The tutorial for chapter three went over how to create a 2D and 3D integrated web experience, configure map message actions, configure dynamic content, configure the table widget, configure the filter and chart widgets, and create and navigate multiple pages.Â
Chapter 4: Mobile GIS
Chapter four goes over the functionality and purpose of mobile GIS. Mobile GIS has several advantages over desktop GIS including mobility, location awareness, ease of data collection, near-real-time information, large amounts of users, and versatile means of communication. This chapter discusses how mobility has a big advantage overall but can be limited by a device’s CPU speed, memory, etc. People can use mobile GIS for a large array of things like finding somewhere to eat, learning how to get somewhere, field surveys, and parcel delivery. The chapter then talks about feature layers, and feature layer views which allow users to view different sets of information. A feature layer may also contain a feature template which defines the type of data items that users can add to a layer. There are several notable approaches to mobile app development. These include browser-based, native based, and hybrid based. ArcGIS field maps is a newer program that supports planning, tracking, understanding, and data capture phases of field workflow. ArcGIS indoors is a mapping system that understands the location and activities within an indoor setting. It can help users feel more connected to a workplace or campus and is seen to boost productivity and collaboration. This chapter also provides details on several other mobile GIS applications that users find helpful. The tutorial includes exercises that go over Survey123, Field Maps, Quick capture, and AuGeo.Â
One interesting application would be an app that people could report moose sightings in NH for population survey purposes. Moose populations in NH are threatened and I think it could be helpful to ecologists to have a database of moose sightings to help get a better understanding of species abundance in a given area.