Module 2: 3/16/2026 - 4/28/2026, OWU Environment & Sustainability
For my final I created a survey using survey 123. I basically just created a survey asking people what their favorite restaurants in Delaware are. I tried to make it more complex by actually showing where the restaurants are on the map but after hours of trying I was unable to figure it out so this is what I was able to create.
https://arcg.is/yWOGf0
I also created a 3D map in experience builder. I created a 3D map showing population levels across the US.
https://arcg.is/yWOGf0
My first project is a little quick capture app with four metro parks I like, with popups of trail maps and the ability to add pictures of invasive species, wildflowers, trash, or animals.
My second one is a real time dashboard with a focused scene of my neighborhood and the adjacent park in Columbus, showing code enforcement cases (layer downloaded from city of Columbus public data portal)
https://arcg.is/1azvKr0
2. Below is a link to my second final project, an instant map that allows you to view an attachment (image), short description, and the location of various Art Museums around Columbus, Ohio.
For my first app I decided to use basic ideas for chapter one to create a map that highlights the accessibility to water sources in the Delaware County in relation to the farm lots. I made added effects to make the water ways stand out against the farm layer, and emphasize their location.
For my second app I decided to use ideas from Chapter 7 to create a 3D map detailing the locations of subsidized housing in the county I live in (Wayne County Michigan). The 3D pattern clearly shows the distribution and density of the housing, and how densely packed the housing is in the city of Detroit compared to other cities in my county, including my city Taylor.
The first map is showing the campus buildings at Ohio Wesleyan University.
https://owugis.maps.arcgis.com/home/webscene/viewer.html?webscene=7c76df5e851549deac231c3f2a4cebbf
The second map is showing the parks and trails in Hilliard, OH which is where I’m from.
https://owugis.maps.arcgis.com/home/webscene/viewer.html?webscene=54fd4dd2638145db9c000a6ad44eff40
Chapter 5-
This chapter starts by explaining the different organizations and components within Web GIS, on top of Esri and how some organizations must have ArcGIS Enterprise to function. This may be due to the lack of internet connection or restriction of connection, if an organization wants to keep their layers within their infrastructure while using online content, or if they want to use functions that are only available through ArcGIS Enterprise. It then defines ArcGIS Enterprise as “an on-premises, user-managed component of the Esri geospatial cloud” or basically a variation of ArcGIS Online with some specific differences. There are multiple components of this. There is Portal for ArcGIS, which is a content management system and can create hosted layers, create web maps and scenes, create host web mapping apps, search for GIS content in an organization, secure access to GIS content, and manage organization utility services. The ArcGIS Server allows the information to be available to other people in the organization or chosen, anyone with internet. Roles of this include, GIS server, Image server, GeoEvent server, GeoAnalytics server, Business Analyst server, ArcGIS knowledge, Notebook server, and Workflow Manager server. The ArcGIS Web Adaptor integrates the Enterprise into the organizations’ web server and security. Lastly, ArcGIS data store makes data available for storage. The chapter then details how to deploy Base ArcGIS Enterprise and the different deployment methods/scenarios.
Chapter 6-
Chapter 6 details how to use spatiotemporal data and real-time updating GIS. I think that it’s amazing that these maps and experiences can update data as needed. There’s different categories of these spatiotemporal data, Moving (like live feeds of vehicles) is basically something that moves, Discrete (like natural disasters) is basically something that “just happens”, Stationary (like highway speed or water levels) is something that stands still but changes as well, and Change (like land use) is just change and growth. These could be at a point in time or over a duration of time. While using spatiotemporal data, you encounter IoT. It’s a network of physical things that are embedded with sensors and network connection that collect data. These are found in a lot of devices like taxis or even sprinklers. There are billions of sensors modernly. Smart homes and smart cities are really helpful to this practice, as they are filled with smart devices that include these IoTs. I find it so interesting that you can use these data sets to animate a map, and create a moving interactive experience for users to convey your mission and findings. This seems to be really helpful to track important things like traffic patterns, population sizes, or natural disaster locations and frequency. This tool is my favorite out of all the functions of ArcGIS online.
Chapter 3-
Chapter 3 overviews the experience builder aspect of Web GIS. I learned that the experience builder tool is extremely helpful to create interactive maps and present data in more unique ways than the traditional map. To use the experience builder, there six steps. Pick a premade template or create your own, then select a theme, add source data, add and configure widgets, refine layouts for all devices, then finally save, preview and publish. It was really cool to me that you can make your experience have multiple pages, and interactive widgets that further help convey your data. There are two types of widgets, message actions (which perform actions automatically in response to triggers), and data actions (which users can use to perform actions). For more detail, Message actions have three components, triggers, targets, and actions. Triggers are events generated by the widget, targets perform actions in response to the trigger, and the actions are the specifics of what it performs. The tutorial was honestly confusing for me to follow and I had a hard time navigating the experience builder software but I eventually figured it out after a lot of time and struggle. I stopped struggling after 3.3, but after that it was just very time consuming for me.
Chapter 4-
Chapter 4 is about mobile GIS. It explained the advantages of mobile GIS, which include the following; mobility, location awareness, ease of data collection, near-real-time information, large volume of users, and versatile means of communication. The mobile GIS is built on mobile devices, mobile operating systems, wireless communication technology, and positioning technology. It also explains that although being mobile is a huge advantage, it’s also held back by mobile devices being limited due to their low CPU speed, memory size, battery power, network connections, screen and keyboard size. There are a number of strategies when developing a mobile app. A browser based approach uses HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, and can potentially reach all mobile platforms. These apps are usually cheaper and faster to make. Next the native based approach are apps that are downloaded onto the mobile device and require native developments skills, they have deep access to hardware and performs better than browser apps but are very expensive. Lastly the hybrid based approach integrates native components with native apps (This part didn’t make sense to me). These can be used for field maps and indoor operations which I find very cool and interesting. You can carry out surveys with this feature which is extremely helpful and gives a useful tool for people.
For my first application I created a 3D web scene that shows the population by county in Ohio in 2019. You can clearly see where the largest parts of Ohio population resides and it makes sense when looking at the biggest cities and most popular counties.
For my second application I created a 2D and 3D integrated web experience using data for population and GDP by county in Ohio. If you click on the counties in the 2D map, it will isolate those places in the 3D map to show you the specific 3D data. I also added a separate section with the table and a picture of the counties with labels if someone just wanted to look at all the individual data tables. For some reason on the second section with the data summary the picture of the counties is cut off on the final published experience but it doesn’t look like that when I try to edit it.
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/a294a97834a5442b86708aa6e9053280
This is my first map that is about the places I have lived. This is using chapter 1.
Map 2 based on the tornados per county in Indiana from 2024-2025.
For my final, I made a map tracking tornado locations in Ohio over the past 5 years. I mapped this out to see if there are any areas where tornadoes are more likely to occur than others. Based on the original map (where I did not add elevation profiles) you can’t really tell which areas are more likely than others. Once I added the elevation profiles, it was very easy to tell why tornadoes do not occur as often within certain regions of the state. https://arcg.is/0nr0Tv1
For my second application, I created a map showing population distribution across Ohio. The map shows which areas are more populated than others; the more populated areas are also represented by having a higher elevation, making them easier to see. As you can see, the more dense areas are those which are in close proximity to large cities, such as Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati, and Columbus. https://arcg.is/1vSrOi3
