{"id":2345,"date":"2025-10-28T17:11:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:11:31","slug":"thompson-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/2025\/10\/28\/thompson-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thompson &#8211; Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 1 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First thing is obviously going in and making sure you have a login for the wordpress and arcgis which was already done if you were in Geog 291.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get a good feel of ArcGis and the different tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Go through and download the necessary files and put them into a folder\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add the necessary data to your ArcGIS\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make a webmap with different layers and symbology<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add feature layers like configure pop ups<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adjust any settings and learn how to share with others<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The goal of chapter 1 was to get a better understanding of WebGIS and how to use it, go through and use the different components (mapping, data, apps, and more), learn more about the different WebGIS apps and just follow the instructions to create your own webmap and know how to share it with others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 2 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Map data using geocoding (such as CSV data)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use the map viewer to edit your data &#8211; 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