Author: knbruner

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 served as the connection between GisPro and Online. It explained the need for the case by case necessity of using both together. I understand this, as there is a lot more that can be done in ArcGIS Pro that maybe can’t be done online or just not done as well. However, there is still a need in this situation to share work from Pro, and WebGis is great for that with its accessibility and presentation power. Chapter 5’s tutorial explored the story maps further, with an exported map from ArcGIS. This is the part of this course that was actually familiar to me from 291. And everything worked smoothly, thank goodness.

Chapter 6

While doing the tutorial for this chapter, I was impressed with the use of ArcOnline to have live refreshing data of police whereabouts. That is a very helpful and unique feature if it is widely promoted. Regarding the dashboard section, I found that very helpful to learn how to do. Dashboards present information that could be presented just the same in ArcGIS, but it is more organized and presentable. There were a couple of things that didn’t work properly for me, such as the location of some of the editing settings and the code. I noticed upon opening the code that the template was different, so I am assuming that the prompted code is a bit off as well, and that is why it didn’t work. Also, during one of the tutorials, I could not even find the setting to carry out the remainder of the work. It either no longer exists, or I just couldn’t find it in its new spot. I did as much I could.

Application:

One application from these two chapters could be related to the live remote tracking. If there were a way to connect a GPS to an ArcOnline refreshing program, it would be quite helpful to use for tracking hikers in national parks where there is often not much good service. The information would definately need to be kept very private just to park rangers and family or something, but it may be helpful if something bad were to occur, and hikers couldn’t normally be located.

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 talked about the experience builder or “web experiences,” which is described as a way to combine functions from multiple apps. There are multiple ways to create these, including choices between starting from scratch or picking a template, choosing a theme, adding data and widgets, and refining layouts to fit different devices. The basic components include widgets, which contain focused functions, windows, which contain body content, among other features. Within widgets can exist actions that can be categorized into message actions and then subcategorized into triggers, targets, and actions. Another action within widgets generally is data actions, which are simply actions to do with the data. The chapter briefly mentioned the experience builder built into ArcGIS, which I am familiar with from 291. After doing the tutorial, I found that it was not very familiar and I had a difficult time finding things and getting things to work.

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 included making surveys with arcOnline, using quick capture, and AuGeo. The main goal of the chapter was to introduce mobile uses of ArcOnline. The advantages discussed at the beginning of the chapter included mobility, but not without a cost of smaller processing allowance and things of that sort that are limitations with any mobile app. However, while making the survey, I noticed that the format was very similar to a classic format like google forms, just with space to add media. I think in order to pick up any of these concepts properly, I would have to work with them in a real application, where I would have to process real people’s data from app usage. I was unable to download the AuGeo app on my phone so I am not sure how that would have worked.

Application:

One application using this mobile technology would be to set up a survey of instances people have seen different trash in a certain area, and to take that information and map out the density of each type in different areas. Perhaps in analyzing this and publishing it, people may become more aware of their litter.

Note: this is late, but I have put in my 3 hours 12:30-4:20 today.

Chapter 1

This chapter talked a lot about the advantages of WebGIS over ArcGIS. Some of these include: global reach/higher accessability (with lots of user exposure and the fact that it is a low-cost program), cross-platform/device accessability (so that it is more mobile and even more accessable), and ease of use. It is also easier to maintain compared to ArcGIS because updates happen system-wide rather than on individual devices. The chapter also talked about how it is used in the government, buisnesses, science, and daily life. I was interested to hear about the application of covid-19 tracking. Its accessibility really allows the general public to be informed about things such as that. During the tutorial portion of this chapter, it was a bit less intuitive than I found it to be in the introduction. I could not find some things, which led me to not really be able to do it right… But overall, the tutorials gave a good introduction to the basic functions of WebGIS and publishing things on there. We also learned about the 5 data types which are data, layers, web maps/scenes, tools, and apps/ We got to work with them in the tutorial.

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 was all about “storytelling” with webGIS. It talked about pop-ups, mapping style and how t deliver a message through methods of mapping, and how feature layers work (and their different types). Regarding creating a story, it discussed style and the logistics of actually doing it. This was all pretty familiar to me from the WebGIS chapter in 291. It was just a bit different because we did not use ArcGIS for any of the process in these tutorials, which is interesting.

Application:

One application of the information collected in these chapters would be to make a story to present information about how crime has changed over the years in an area, similar to the population change example in the book. I think, however, crime would be interesting to look at because it can be looked at while considering the course of current events and how crime trends seem to follow them. For example, drug charges would have increased during the opioid crisis, but other trends that maybe have not been thought about may come to light.

My name is Keira Bruner and I am a sophomore Environmental Science and Botany major with a minor in Sociology/Anthropology. I took 291 just last module and I am taking 292 to get a bit more comfortable with GIS software in general while exposing myself to more of the online system. Outside of academics, I am a member of Philosophy Club and choral arts society and I really enjoy crafting and being outside!

I have done all of the things for this week

Comments on Account Features and the Website:

I have previously been on the online ArcGIS website, but I have never poked around on the profile links. I think the help tab will be very helpful when I am lost, and the training may be helpful in the future, if I were interested in taking a couple of courses just to get better used to the software. There is a Forest Regression Analysis course, which seems interesting, but it requires another course to take first. I may or may not take that prerequisite soon. Another course that interest me is Working with Imagery. The description mentioned some of the many uses it has, including forestry and disaster management, and that sounds interesting.

Comments on the Read-Through:

From the reading (and also from my brief experience with the website), I am getting the general idea that ArcGIS Online is just an extension of ArcGIS Pro, except it allows for easier mobility and sharing/collaborating on work. I find that a lot of the categories I read on were things I spent a small amount of time working with in 291. Although, I have never worked with apps or notebooks. I am still not entirely sure how apps work or what they …really are from the description, but I will likely learn during the tutorial when I see them.

Comments on the tutorial:

It is quite reassuring to see that most of the tools in ArcGIS online are pretty intuitive, and I probably will not struggle to decipher which features do what. From seeing what the reading meant by apps, I realize that they are another thing I have worked with. Overall, this tutorial is more of a review from the first 3 chapters of the GIS tutorial from 291.

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Application Examples:

*For whatever reason, this website is not letting me attach the photos of these visuals, so I will add them in my email.

One application is to asses how different social problems interact with each other. This example looked at domestic violence as it interacted with quarantine/stay at home orders. An advantage of using ArcOnline for this would be that people who look at the map are able to interact with it and see how it changes over time.

source: Shariati, A., & Guerette, R. T. (2023). Findings from a natural experiment on the impact of covid-19 residential quarantines on domestic violence patterns in New Orleans. Journal of family violence, 38(2), 203-214.

Another application I found was involving invasive plant mapping for a national park. The advantage of using ArcOnline here, again, is that it is interactive for anyone who wants to look at it. It is easy for viewers to look into specific features and areas that would otherwise be harder to see in a simple image of a map made with ArcGIS Pro.

source: Randall, J., Inglis, N. C., Smart, L., & Vukomanovic, J. (2022). From meadow to map: integrating field surveys and interactive visualizations for invasive species management in a National Park. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(10), 525.