{"id":2247,"date":"2025-10-24T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:57:59","slug":"aiden-walz-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/2025\/10\/24\/aiden-walz-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aiden Walz &#8211; Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aiden Walz &#8211; Week 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 1:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 1 went over the basics and fundamental ideas of ArcGIS online.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WebGIS offers the ability to connect all over the world<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WebGIS has a larger number of users and a low cost for them<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cross-platform capabilities with things like web apps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Easy to use and maintain\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WebGIS ideal for sharing information and can be used for vast array of applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mobile devices have become the de facto platform for accessing information online<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WebGIS has five main types of content: Data published to Web Layers added to Web Maps &amp; Scenes configured and used in Apps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Base components of a WebGIS app = Basemaps + Operational Layers + Tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data sources -&gt; Feature Layers -&gt; App<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many templates for layers, and apps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Played around with the various tutorials to get a sense of what WebGIS has to offer; First impressions are that WebGIS seems more user friendly than ArcGIS pro<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Went through how all the various tab settings on the overview tab, and then on map viewer went through all the various tabs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Created instant app over the tutorial map<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 2:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 2 went over the different types of web layers and what they do, and story maps.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted feature layers created using CSV files and geocoding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted feature layers are the most appropriate for visualizing data on top of basemaps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted tile layers support fast map visualization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using your own files on computer, an existing template, or empty feature layer can create a hosted feature layer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smart mapping is a way for users to visually analyze &amp; create high quality maps easily and quickly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Various types of smart mapping; like heat maps, symbol color and size, dot density, and many others<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smart mapping doesn\u2019t just style your map but also does data analysis for you<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pop-ups are windows that show geographic information, lots of users rely on these pop-ups on maps for information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can find lots of content and data on ArcGIS Living Atlas, contains all sorts of data<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ArcGIS story maps allow for a web based story that combines interactive maps with things like text, video, or even photos<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial 2 went over creating feature layer using geocoding, making a smart map based on that layer, creating pop-ups on ArcGIS arcade, and then creating a story around these items<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One application idea based on chapters 1 and 2 could involve getting the location data of museums in Ohio, putting them on a feature layer, adding pop-ups with images, and then give a description of each museum along with an overall description of what this interactive map is trying to show you. It would be a great map for people in Ohio wanting to go to a museum and they could check how close one is using this map which would provide more information than something like google maps.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aiden Walz &#8211; Week 2 &nbsp; Chapter 1: Chapter 1 went over the basics and fundamental ideas of ArcGIS online. WebGIS offers the ability to connect all over the world WebGIS has a larger number of users and a low cost for them Cross-platform capabilities with things like web apps Easy to use and maintain\u00a0 WebGIS ideal for sharing information and can be used for vast array of applications Mobile devices have become the de facto platform for accessing information online WebGIS has five main types of content: Data published to Web Layers added to Web Maps &amp; Scenes configured and used in Apps Base components of a WebGIS app = Basemaps + Operational Layers + Tools Data sources -&gt; Feature Layers -&gt; App Many templates for layers, and apps Played around with the various tutorials to get a sense of what WebGIS has to offer; First impressions are that WebGIS seems more user friendly than ArcGIS pro Went through how all the various tab settings on the overview tab, and then on map viewer went through all the various tabs Created instant app over the tutorial map &nbsp; Chapter 2: Chapter 2 went over the different types of web layers and what they do, and story maps. Hosted feature layers created using CSV files and geocoding Hosted feature layers are the most appropriate for visualizing data on top of basemaps Hosted tile layers support fast map visualization Using your own files on computer, an existing template, or empty feature layer can create a hosted feature layer Smart mapping is a way for users to visually analyze &amp; create high quality maps easily and quickly Various types of smart mapping; like heat maps, symbol color and size, dot density, and many others Smart mapping doesn\u2019t just style your map but also does data analysis for you Pop-ups are windows that show geographic information, lots of users rely on these pop-ups on maps for information Can find lots of content and data on ArcGIS Living Atlas, contains all sorts of data ArcGIS story maps allow for a web based story that combines interactive maps with things like text, video, or even photos Tutorial 2 went over creating feature layer using geocoding, making a smart map based on that layer, creating pop-ups on ArcGIS arcade, and then creating a story around these items One application idea based on chapters 1 and 2 could involve getting the location data of museums in Ohio, putting them on a feature layer, adding pop-ups with images, and then give a description of each museum along with an overall description of what this interactive map is trying to show you. It would be a great map for people in Ohio wanting to go to a museum and they could check how close one is using this map which would provide more information than something like google maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247","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\/2322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}