{"id":2050,"date":"2025-10-15T08:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2025-10-24T08:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:58:19","slug":"bzdafka-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/2025\/10\/15\/bzdafka-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Bzdafka &#8211; Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hey guys, I\u2019m Alex Bzdafka, a biology and environmental science double major. I\u2019m a junior, I\u2019m on the track team as well as a member of the student board and a department manager.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I started out the week by reading the syllabus and taking the quiz. I already have an Arc account from 291, so I did not need to do any poking around.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Introduction to ArcGIS online<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Overall Arc online is a web based version of Arc that uses cloud access to store information, this is great because it means you can work on a map from anywhere that has internet. It also makes it easy to get data from others. Arc online is also useful because it is possible to work collaboratively on the same map with a team. Because Arc online is cloud based it saves internal storage on whatever device it is that you are using. Arc online is also a useful field tool as it can be accessed via a phone, allowing you to use the tools in a remote location. It is also helpful because you can add a point where you are (corresponding with your point in the field).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Scene viewer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a more intuitive way to visualize spatial data, both 2-D and 3-D, and is exclusive to online.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Notebook: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another feature unique to the online version of Arc. It allows you to work with data, and it helps with workflow. It combines coding, maps, and data tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Apps: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A way to control how users can interact with maps\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After skimming through the website I moved on to the ArcGIS online basics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arc has 3 account types which induce: Organization, personal, and social. Organizations allow for data to be shared easily within the organization. This makes it easy for collaboration to occur. Individual accounts are free, but have limited usage. Social accounts can access maps, but cannot do much else.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Web GIS has similar functions like layers and 2D maps like desktop, however it also has scenes which are 3D maps. It also includes apps which can help control how users interact with maps.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The layers on top of the base map are known as operational layers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tutorial had me do an exercise with data about the Sierra Nevada mountains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To add data from the web click add layers, then select GIS online or wherever you want the data to come from, and then you can search for and add layers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can search for bookmarks or for data points by using the search tool (magnifying glass) on the right side of the screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To create a quick and easy web app<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Expand the right portion of the screen and click create app then instant app. You can preview what the app will look like by selecting preview.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a paper using WebGIS, I found one that tracked production of CO2 during 2019 vs. 2020.<\/p>\n<p>I found another tutorial that looked interested in<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is titled: Reveal lake shrinkage due to severe drought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2051\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-15-094128-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-15-094128-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-15-094128.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Web map showing amount of CO2 produced in 2019 compared to 2020\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2232\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-24-095724-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-24-095724-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-24-095724-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-24-095724-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-24-095724.jpg 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys, I\u2019m Alex Bzdafka, a biology and environmental science double major. I\u2019m a junior, I\u2019m on the track team as well as a member of the student board and a department manager.\u00a0 &nbsp; I started out the week by reading the syllabus and taking the quiz. I already have an Arc account from 291, so I did not need to do any poking around.\u00a0 &nbsp; Introduction to ArcGIS online: Overall Arc online is a web based version of Arc that uses cloud access to store information, this is great because it means you can work on a map from anywhere that has internet. It also makes it easy to get data from others. Arc online is also useful because it is possible to work collaboratively on the same map with a team. Because Arc online is cloud based it saves internal storage on whatever device it is that you are using. Arc online is also a useful field tool as it can be accessed via a phone, allowing you to use the tools in a remote location. It is also helpful because you can add a point where you are (corresponding with your point in the field).\u00a0 &nbsp; Scene viewer: a more intuitive way to visualize spatial data, both 2-D and 3-D, and is exclusive to online.\u00a0 Notebook: Another feature unique to the online version of Arc. It allows you to work with data, and it helps with workflow. It combines coding, maps, and data tools.\u00a0 Apps: A way to control how users can interact with maps\u00a0 &nbsp; After skimming through the website I moved on to the ArcGIS online basics.\u00a0 Arc has 3 account types which induce: Organization, personal, and social. Organizations allow for data to be shared easily within the organization. This makes it easy for collaboration to occur. Individual accounts are free, but have limited usage. Social accounts can access maps, but cannot do much else.\u00a0 Web GIS has similar functions like layers and 2D maps like desktop, however it also has scenes which are 3D maps. It also includes apps which can help control how users interact with maps.\u00a0 The layers on top of the base map are known as operational layers.\u00a0 &nbsp; The tutorial had me do an exercise with data about the Sierra Nevada mountains.\u00a0 To add data from the web click add layers, then select GIS online or wherever you want the data to come from, and then you can search for and add layers.\u00a0 You can search for bookmarks or for data points by using the search tool (magnifying glass) on the right side of the screen.\u00a0 &nbsp; To create a quick and easy web app Expand the right portion of the screen and click create app then instant app. You can preview what the app will look like by selecting preview.\u00a0 For a paper using WebGIS, I found one that tracked production of CO2 during 2019 vs. 2020. I found another tutorial that looked interested in\u00a0is titled: Reveal lake shrinkage due to severe drought.\u00a0 Web map showing amount of CO2 produced in 2019 compared to 2020\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2318,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions\/2233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}