My name is Andrew Deem and I am a first year student at Ohio Wesleyan. I am majoring in botany with a minor in environmental studies because I enjoy being outside and find plants particularly interesting. I am from Marion, Ohio and took GEOG 291 earlier this semester. I have completed the quiz.
Esri account:
Comment 1 – The first thing I noticed about this website is that all of the links around the profile area took a lot longer to load than other links for some reason.
Comment 2 – I noticed that the links for “My Esri” and “Profile and Settings” led to the same place.
Getting Started:
Comment 1 – This portion reminded me of some of the basics I learned in the geography 291 course and refreshed my memory on this topic.
Comment 2 – I noticed that our accounts have access to a number of apps related to ArcGIS, so I wonder if those will come up later in the course.
Esri Training:
Comment 1 – I found that this training helped me to remember some of the details about the class I took earlier this semester as well as teaching me a few things about how ArcGIS operates.
Comment 2 – I can see how ArcGIS and other Esri applications could be useful in corporate or other group oriented careers. I learned a lot more about the group functionality of these services in the web course.
I was able to find some GIS applications related to my interests, such as this one which shows the return amount from corn and soybeans that was expected in 2015. The map shows a large portion of the midwest and east coast and demonstrates how some areas performed better than others in terms of profit that year.
This map shows worldwide deforestation from several causes. Maps like this are useful for getting a point across quickly, such as in this case showing how South America and parts of Africa have been greatly affected by deforestation.
