{"id":2287,"date":"2025-10-24T22:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:22:04","slug":"aqib-ali-week1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/2025\/10\/24\/aqib-ali-week1\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqib Ali – Week1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, my name is Aqib and I am a senior at OWU. For week 1 I met with Prof. Krygier, took the quiz regarding the syllabus and also introduced myself to the ArcGIS using the following article:\u00a0https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/get-started\/what-is-agol.htm<\/a>. Here are my two takeaways from this article:<\/p>\n

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  1. I learned about how to use maps and configure them using the settings and different options available in there.<\/li>\n
  2. I also learned about the sceneviewer and its features like measuring distances and changing the weather etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I also completed the ArcGIS online basics course the certificate to which I have attached: \u00a0ArcGIS Online Basics_Certificate_10242025<\/a><\/p>\n

    Key takeaways from the course:<\/p>\n

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    1. I learned about the about the different layers such as base and operational.<\/li>\n
    2. I learned about the ways to add data and acceptable import files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      ArcGIS has been used in various ways for business and economics, the ones I found most interesting were:<\/p>\n

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      1. ArcGIS was used to\u00a0 increase retail sales by 150%: https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-business-analyst\/marketsource-case-study<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Image Example 1<\/p><\/div>\n

        2. ArcGIS is used by small and mid sized businesses to figure out the best places for expansion and analyze where target customers live. Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/business\/business\/learn-how-arcgis-business-analyst-can-help-small-businesses\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

        Image Example 2<\/p><\/div>\n

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        Hi, my name is Aqib and I am a senior at OWU. For week 1 I met with Prof. Krygier, took the quiz regarding the syllabus and also introduced myself to the ArcGIS using the following article:\u00a0https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/get-started\/what-is-agol.htm. Here are my two takeaways from this article: I learned about how to use maps and configure them using the settings and different options available in there. I also learned about the sceneviewer and its features like measuring distances and changing the weather etc. I also completed the ArcGIS online basics course the certificate to which I have attached: \u00a0ArcGIS Online Basics_Certificate_10242025 Key takeaways from the course: I learned about the about the different layers such as base and operational. I learned about the ways to add data and acceptable import files. ArcGIS has been used in various ways for business and economics, the ones I found most interesting were: ArcGIS was used to\u00a0 increase retail sales by 150%: https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-business-analyst\/marketsource-case-study. 2. ArcGIS is used by small and mid sized businesses to figure out the best places for expansion and analyze where target customers live. Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/business\/business\/learn-how-arcgis-business-analyst-can-help-small-businesses\u00a0  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2346,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287","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\/2346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2313,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions\/2313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}