Chapter 1:
- Web GIS is the combination of the web and geographic information systems.
- The first operational GIS was developed in the 1960’s by Roger Tomlinson.
- Web GIS is used within the government, business and science world, and even in people’s daily lives.
- ArcGIS online is a software offering web GIS, ArcGIS.
- With the benefits and easy to use software ArcGis online has been picked up by many governments and commercial organizations around the country.
- ArcGis enterprise is a web gis software product that organizations can use.
- ArcGis online has four software components: Portal for ArcGis, ArcGis server, ArcGis data, and ArcGis web adapter.
- In chapter 1 the first tutorial shows you how to create a Web GIS app that introduces the points of interest (POIs) on maps.
Chapter 2:
- Smart mapping and storytelling with GIS
- Feature layers: the most common type of operational layers
- Web layers are essentially web services that can be reused in many web maps, scenes, and apps.
- This chapter mainly focused on hosted feature layers, which are the most widely used operational layers.
- Smart mapping enables users to visually analyze, create, and share professional-quality maps.
- Tutorial 2 will show you how to create a Web GIS app that presents the spatial patterns of populations.
Geog 291 application:
I used the applications from chapter 1 and 2 to help me show the population in Delaware county as well as the population that was above a certain age.