Author: sethompson

Chapter 5 – Chapter 5 talks more about the two types of web GIS offerings such as ArcGIS online and ArcGIS Enterprise. There are also just a few key objectives that you learn through this chapter such as understanding on-premises and hybrid Web GIS, understanding the two different types of web GIS like mentioned before, portal collaborations, knowing the differences between several tools like vector tiles, raster tiles, features tiles and even mapping image layers and how you can use those different layer types and what each one is important for. This chapter also helps you be more familiar with the workflow of GIS and how you can publish these web layers using ArcGIS Pro. Lastly it helps you learn how to create web apps and see comparisons of different web apps and how they are all important for different necessities. 

Chapter 6 – This chapter is more about real-time GIS. It gets into the real world data and how you can use ArcGIS and its various applications for real world demands. There were a few objectives for this chapter as well which included first understanding the spatiotemporal data and all the technology and terms that come with it, learning how loT works as well as sensor networking, and other frontiers related to such, stream layers and how those have advantages over others, ArcGIS Velocity, ArcGIS dashboards for those real-life scenarios when working with data, configuring and formatting, and lastly how you can create time-enabled web layers and turn those into apps to help with any data you need. 

Something that could be a cool interactive application specifically for the environmental side of things could be mapping the trees in a community! You could create a map that the whole community could contribute to and it could show the different types of trees and their locations in a designated area. This could be helpful for things like environmental awareness for a community, especially if it’s a neighborhood wanting to do more sustainability type projects and just overall bringing a community together to see how working together on even just small projects for the environment can be beneficial. 

Chapter 3 – In this chapter I learned a lot about just basic ideas of the database such as map layers, different mechanisms, and even creating an app using web services. This also helps create a map that can change over time. This chapter allows me to explore different spatial data. 

There are a lot of different things you could do with the stuff learned in chapter 3, such as creating a map with changing features over time and using those different mechanisms to add the data you may need for your map. 

Chapter 4 – This chapter goes over more “advanced” types of things such as comparing different layers and points. It allows me to learn how to perform/create high-quality and fast working basemaps that can go into configuring a web app. This application is important when it comes to the performance of things like comparison widgets. This can be used for things like looking at two different maps for things and comparing them to see which data is best for what I’m trying to accomplish. 

Chapter 1 – 

• First thing is obviously going in and making sure you have a login for the wordpress and arcgis which was already done if you were in Geog 291. 
• Get a good feel of ArcGis and the different tools
• Go through and download the necessary files and put them into a folder 
• Add the necessary data to your ArcGIS 
• Make a webmap with different layers and symbology
• Add feature layers like configure pop ups
• Adjust any settings and learn how to share with others

The goal of chapter 1 was to get a better understanding of WebGIS and how to use it, go through and use the different components (mapping, data, apps, and more), learn more about the different WebGIS apps and just follow the instructions to create your own webmap and know how to share it with others. 

Chapter 2 – 

• Map data using geocoding (such as CSV data)
• Use the map viewer to edit your data – includes different attributes and adding/removing feature layers
• Play around with the symbology of the different layers – can change the symbols and colors
• Configure the pop ups for each layer – choose what will be shown on the webmap
• Create the webmap and adjust any settings necessary

The main goals of chapter 2 are to work with ArcGIS using different things like geocoding, feature layers, and more, use symbology to characterize your layers, make your map more interactive with pop ups, add images and charts if needed, and add layers to create your webmap that can then be used to create a web app. 

Hi! My name is Sky Thompson. I am a junior majoring in Environmental Studies. I did take 291 in the first half of this semester, so now I’m doing 292 and this is my blog for week 1!

I first went ahead and read over the syllabus and schedule and took the quiz. I also scheduled the required meetings with Dr. Krygier. 

I took a look at the different sections in ArcGIS and it just went over my basic profile stuff as well as the Esri page and training. Going through all of it helps you get a better feel of ArcGIS and all the tools you can use. Two things that I made note of when I read the “Get Started: What is ArcGIS”, were 1. You can create both 2D and 3D maps and use a bunch of different tools to do so which we worked on a bit in GEOG 291 and, 2. You can expand your work to people all throughout your community and see other people’s work as well if they choose to share it. All your work can either be saved privately or used publicly to collaborate with others. 

I completed the online training as well and I learned quite a bit about mapping through that as well. A lot of it was just basics, but it’s good to know. I learned similar things to what I learned at the beginning of Geog 291 such as what ArcGIS is used for, how to share your maps with others, how to create a 3D map, and how to look for things such as trails on a map. 

(My photos will not upload so that is why there isn’t any on here!)

An interesting map that I found on google was a map of different land coverage for the Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary. Deforestation can really negatively impact a lot of things including restoration and wildlife habitats. The hope in mapping forest cover and locations of encroachment are to help them carry out restoration in a better way.  

This is a link to the article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026483772032531X