Category: Course student work

Chapter 1 Notes, Comments, and Questions:

1. 1. Several different sharing levels
   2. Content types:
      1. Data: csv, shapefiles, geodatabases, etc.
      2. Layers: feature layers, vector layers, scene layers, etc.
      3. Web Maps and Scenes: maps are 2D, scenes are 3D
      4. Tools: analytical and processing functions
      5. Apps: mobile, brower, or desktop (provided or you can create your own)
   3. Apps come in bundles: user type determines which you can access
   4. Hosted vs. Nonhosted Feature Layers
      1. Hosted: web service based on Arc Managed data (ex: stored in Arc Cloud database)
      2. Non: connects directly to user-managed data
   5. Workflow to build web apps: data sources, desktop tools, ArcOnline/ArcEnterprise, Client Apps
   6. Data can include attachments (attachment viewer app template)
      1. I think one of my applications from week one included some version or similar feature to this template
   7. Details Page Tabs:
      1. Overview: basic metadata info
      2. Data: attribute data of hosted feature layers
      3. Visualization: change default properties (styles, filter, etc.)
      4. Usage: see usage stats over time
      5. Settings: enable editing and other related options

Chapter 2 Notes, Comments, Questions

1. Feature Layers: most common operational layer
   1. Layer types: Hosted, Hosted Web Feature Service (WFS), Hosted Tile, Hosted Vector, Hosted Web Map Tile Service (WMTS), Hosted Scene, Hosted Image, Hosted Map Image
   2. How to publish a feature layer: create from your own data, create from existing template, create from empty feature layer and define your own fields interactively
2. Smart Mapping: visually analyze, create and share quality maps with little technical skill
   1. Makes suggestions and preforms analysis based on your data
3. Pop-Ups: deliver more info by clicking on location/feature 
4. ArcGIS Arcade: write custom expressions for existing fields, not designed for writting stand alone apps
5. Living Atlas Categories: basemaps, imagery, boundaries, people, infastructure, enviroment 
6. StoryMaps: combine content types, blocks (any component you use to build a story), block pallette (combines blocks into an interactive menu)
   1. Special blocks 
      1. Side car: side by side reading experience
      2. Slideshow: horizontal scrolling to emphasize media
      3. Map Tour: curated set of places, guide audience through them
      4. Swipe: compare 2 maps/images
      5. Timeline: displays chronological events
7. Express Maps:
   1. Simple, quick, lightweight maps you can make right in the storybuilder (or use existing maps)

• Chapter 1 and 2 Application Description:

1. 1. 1. My idea for my chapter 2 application is based on some project data I learned about as an intern at ODNR this summer. I will make a hosted feature layer based on the number of phosphorus-reducing projects in Ohio. This dataset is made public by ODNR (specifically H2Ohio) and contains the number of phosphorus-reducing projects in Ohio over 3 years. I will calculate growth rates and add pictures or more information about specific projects using the configure pop-ups feature. Then I would use StoryMaps and create a story about the effects of reducing phosphorus and why it’s important to do so in Ohio.

Hi! My name is Lauren Hollinger! I’m a sophomore from Canton, Ohio majoring in Data Analytics and Geography.

• Spend a Few Minutes Poking Around Your Account (2 Comments)

1. 1. 1. Something interesting I found in the My Settings tab is you can customize your units of measurement (US Standard/Metric) and set a default map viewer. This would be useful for different projects/data/locations.
      2. Some more resources I wasn’t super familiar with, but found interesting: The training tab takes you to a number of courses you can complete, the forum/community tab is a place where users can share information and ask questions, and the Blog tab takes you to a number of blog postings of different projects and even tutorials.

• Use ESRI Resources to Learn a Bit (Get Started: What is ArcGIS Online?) (2 Comments)

1. 1. 1. The ArcGIS Notebooks seemed very interesting to me. I would like to explore this interface at some point to see how Python coding and analysis can aid in GIS visualization. 
      2. Another thing I learned was about apps. You can create your own apps that will help users and yourself interact with maps and visualizations you make. You can add different content and data to these apps. There are different steps and considerations to take into account when creating an app. These include thinking about your audience, the components you want to include, and what type of app will best suit your needs. 

• Complete Web Course: ArcGIS Online Basics (2 Comments and Pictures)

1. 1. 1. I thought the apps were a very interesting component of ArcGIS Online. I hadn’t really interacted with these before and I liked how they could give viewers of your map a more digestible and interactive way to view and sort information.
      2. I also liked the different sharing levels within ArcGIS online. I like how you can keep your projects private to you and your administrators while you work on them, share between groups for more collaborative projects, and even make your projects visible to the public or everyone within your organization. I also think it’s really useful how you can create different groups within your organization and provide them with different data. This differentiation could be really useful in a workplace with a lot of different departments and jobs.
      3. Pictures:   

• List 1 or 2 Courses that seem Interesting

1. 1. 1. The lab course Collecting and Visualizing Data with ArcGIS QuickCapture seemed interesting to me. I like how it appears to be a fast and simple way to collect data in the field, which would save researchers time. 
      2. The Going Places With Spatial Analysis course also interested me. It’s a 6-week free course starting in January. It says it’s a good course for people who know “something about data analysis” and want to gain a deeper understanding of implementations of spatial data. So, I think it would be a fun course to take at some point with my data background. 

• Look into a few GIS Application Areas

1. 1. One application I found interesting was from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. They did a study of the active Newberry Volcano in Oregon. As you scrolled through the information in the black panel on the left, the map to the right would change to reflect the geologic and volcanic features they were talking about. Plus, I learned that California’s Death Valley actually structurally influences this volcano’s basin, and I went there this summer so I thought that was super interesting. This was made in ArcGIS Online with the StoryMaps feature. Link to this story map: https://netl-doe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=2259f4a750fa44e5a2827e57100309fc

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2. 2. Another interesting application I found was the use of ArcGIS online to predict models for Natural disasters. Over the summer, my boyfriend made a connection with someone who works for FEMA in Washington, D.C. so, I got to learn about how FEMA utilizes ArcGIS for natural disaster relief, cleanup, and predictions. So, I searched for one of their maps. This one is a predictive model for a hurricane located off the coast of Mexico. The link to this ArcOnline Map: https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/aa7bd84d448c4d74ae268335162167cc 

• Complete Delaware Data Inventory (I already completed this in 291)

Chapter 6

Application: This could be used in many ways with Delaware Data. My first thought would be to use it in the same general way using crime data. This could also be used with any other activity or information because it can show all different aspects of a data table.

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Application: I think that both of these chapters can be used in different ways. I think that the widgets could be used to create a more interactive map of Delaware. The surveys, on the other hand, could be used to collect information and possible direct people that are newer to Delaware.

Chapter 7:

• Understand the basic terminology of web scenes
• know the types of scene layers and technologies to create them
• create web scenes using scene viewer
• Understand the value of 3D in XR, meta verse, indoor GIS and AEC
• Configure 3D symbols in scene viewer
• Create and use feature layers with z-values enabled

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We skip chapter 5!! im so happy!

Chapter 6:

• understand spatio-temporal data terminology
• Learn the concepts of IoT, Sensor networks, smart cities and other related frontiers
• Understand the advantages of stream layers
• learn about ArcGIS Velocity capabilities
• Use ArcGIS dashboards to monitor real time data
• Configure actions and Arcade-based formatiign
• Create Time-enables web layers and apps to animate time series data

Chapter 6:

I personally really enjoyed this chapter and how everything was put together. I found everything done had a purpose and could be used in other scenarios, which I found really helpful. Also, the last example seemed a little out of place within the chapter compared to the instance with the dashboard. This was one of the easier chapters as a whole though

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Chapter 7: 3D Web Scenes

Main elements in 3D scenes

• Surfaces: Continuous measurements, typically elevation, with one value for a given x,y location
• Features: On, above or below surfaces. Operational layers
• Textures: Exterior or interior covers of 3D features
• Atmospheric effects: Ex. lighting and fog

Web scene layers

• 3D object scene layers
• Building scene layers
• Category layers
• Filter
• Integrated mesh scene layers
• Point cloud scene layers
• Point scene layers
• Voxel scene layers

Chapter 6: Spatiotemporal data and real-time GIS

ArcGIS Velocity and GeoEvent Server

• Ingest: Provides ways to communicate with IoT platforms, sensor networks, social network feeds and other real-time data streams
• Process: Processes the real-time data received and translated by the ingestion component
• Output: Sends processed data to a variety of destinations, including writing to a data store, sending data to web clients, alerts through SMS/email

New ArcGIS Velocity Items

• Feed items
• Real-time analytic items
• Big data analytic items

Chapter 3: ArcGIS Experience Builder

Editions of Experience Builder

• Embedded in ArcGIS Online
• Embedded in Portal for ArcGIS
• Developer edition

Widgets

• Basic Widgets: Functional and can perform as app tools
• Layout Widgets: Help organize widgets on pages or windows
• Message Actions: Listen to triggers and perform actions automatically
• Data Actions: Provide an actions button that users can click in widgets at runtime and select from a list of actions to perform
• Triggers: Events generated by the source widget
• Targets: Perform actions responding to the trigger
• Actions: Specific business logic that the targets perform

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/8291f9325ace4e2e8652b02dec691471/

Chapter 4: Mobile GIS

Mobile GIS Concepts and Advantages:

• Mobility
• Location Awareness
• Ease of data collection
• Near-real-time information
• Large volume of users
• Versatile means of communication
• Built on mobile devices, mobile operating systems, wireless communication technologies, and positioning technologies