This opening chapter goes over the fundamentals of Web GIS. It explores how the cloud revolutionized data storage and sharing, and how Web GIS software has evolved over time. While the chapter goes about the technical aspects of geospatial cloud capabilities, I found the historical background of Web GIS particularly interesting. Chapter 2 takes a deeper look into web app development within Web GIS. It talks about different features like feature layers. These features let you customize and style however you would like and this helps you create a pretty decent map. Something that I found really interesting was also the different type of mapping styles in chapter two. Like I have never heard of a vector field, a predominant map, dot density or comparing “A” to “B” map. I’m not gonna lie, I had a hard time trying to create an app so I will probably have to come in person to do that or I’ll probably just see if I can find some youtube videos that will show me how. Other then that though the readings were pretty fine. I found a map that showed different characteristics about the U.S population like the age groups of people who worked in different cities.
