Week 3
Ch. 1
Web GIS to me is a little more user friendly as opposed to desktop GIS. Web GIS is more widely used by scientists and even governments to collect data and share information. This first chapter is meant to show you how to develop a Web GIS app, but I’m not entirely sure how to do that yet.
WebGIS is meant to be an easier way to work with GIS from anywhere. I find this application easier to work with than what we were doing in 291. There are some similarities, but this one seems just a little bit easier to understand.
Ch.2
This next chapter goes over the map layers and what they are. The “feature layers” are used most often to show similar points of interest like buildings, roads, and cities. Hosted feature layers are the most used operational layers (they are a reference to feature layers stored in the GIS system).
By reading this tutorial (and googling for confirmation), you’re able to upload your own feature layer data from ArcGIS in the form of a shapefile like we worked a little with in 291, a CSV file, or a file from the geo database. You just have to click on “new item” on ArcGIS online content and upload from google drive. This looks easier to do than I expected, given that you have the files and such ready to upload.