Author: sdroberts

Chapter 3 and 4 primarily documented introductions for ArcGIS mobile and ArcGIS Experience Builder.

I found experimenting with these to be rather a redundant experience as I didn’t quite understand the advantage to using those apps over the base ArcGIS website. Nonetheless, as I continue experimenting and playing around with the features on the web GIS, I am now finding it to be significantly easier then the desktop GIS software as it feels like the majority of the features which I found to be rather useless in the  desktop GIS are removed allowing for a greater and more streamlined experience.

The story maps are also a huge upgrade to the cold, soulless maps I used in the previous GIS class. It is honestly a really interesting experience to add photos and details in the pop ups. I hope to get my story map done as my final exam in this class.

As someone who had some difficulty using the desktop GIS, I had some high hopes that web GIS would be more straightforward as it did not require a whole software system nor an external hard drive. However the first week of learning the ropes of web GIS proved me VERY wrong.  Though map and scene creation was significantly easier for me, I found the uploading and copying of data onto the map and the logistics of the layers to be rather troublesome to learn. I’ll have to devote some extra time to learn the ins and outs of this software this week.

One hope I do have for web GIS is that the final project would not be limited strictly to activities within Delaware County, as I found that to be a rather frustrating limitation when I was working on my project last unit.

My name is Gustav. This is my week one post. Most everything required I have done in GEOG 291.