{"id":3384,"date":"2026-10-23T15:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:55:23","slug":"bruner-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/2026\/10\/23\/bruner-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruner Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Keira Bruner and I am a sophomore Environmental Science and Botany major with a minor in Sociology\/Anthropology. I took 291 just last module and I am taking 292 to get a bit more comfortable with GIS software in general while exposing myself to more of the online system. Outside of academics, I am a member of Philosophy Club and choral arts society and I really enjoy crafting and being outside!<\/p>\n<p>I have done all of the things for this week<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments on Account Features and the Website:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have previously been on the online ArcGIS website, but I have never poked around on the profile links. I think the help tab will be very helpful when I am lost, and the training may be helpful in the future, if I were interested in taking a couple of courses just to get better used to the software. There is a Forest Regression Analysis course, which seems interesting, but it requires another course to take first. I may or may not take that prerequisite soon. Another course that interest me is Working with Imagery. The description mentioned some of the many uses it has, including forestry and disaster management, and that sounds interesting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments on the Read-Through<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>From the reading (and also from my brief experience with the website), I am getting the general idea that ArcGIS Online is just an extension of ArcGIS Pro, except it allows for easier mobility and sharing\/collaborating on work. I find that a lot of the categories I read on were things I spent a small amount of time working with in 291. Although, I have never worked with apps or notebooks. I am still not entirely sure how apps work or what they &#8230;really are from the description, but I will likely learn during the tutorial when I see them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments on the tutorial:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is quite reassuring to see that most of the tools in ArcGIS online are pretty intuitive, and I probably will not struggle to decipher which features do what. From seeing what the reading meant by apps, I realize that they are another thing I have worked with. Overall, this tutorial is more of a review from the first 3 chapters of the GIS tutorial from 291.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-292\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/10\/ArcGIS-Online-Basics_Certificate_10232026-1.pdf\">ArcGIS Online Basics_Certificate_10232026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*For whatever reason, this website is not letting me attach the photos of these visuals, so I will add them in my email.<\/p>\n<p>One application is to asses how different social problems interact with each other. This example looked at domestic violence as it interacted with quarantine\/stay at home orders. An advantage of using ArcOnline for this would be that people who look at the map are able to interact with it and see how it changes over time.<\/p>\n<p>source: Shariati, A., &amp; Guerette, R. T. (2023). Findings from a natural experiment on the impact of covid-19 residential quarantines on domestic violence patterns in New Orleans. <i>Journal of family violence<\/i>, <i>38<\/i>(2), 203-214.<\/p>\n<p>Another application I found was involving invasive plant mapping for a national park. The advantage of using ArcOnline here, again, is that it is interactive for anyone who wants to look at it. It is easy for viewers to look into specific features and areas that would otherwise be harder to see in a simple image of a map made with ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n<p>source: Randall, J., Inglis, N. C., Smart, L., &amp; Vukomanovic, J. (2022). From meadow to map: integrating field surveys and interactive visualizations for invasive species management in a National Park. <i>ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information<\/i>, <i>11<\/i>(10), 525.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Keira Bruner and I am a sophomore Environmental Science and Botany major with a minor in Sociology\/Anthropology. I took 291 just last module and I am taking 292 to get a bit more comfortable with GIS software in general while exposing myself to more of the online system. Outside of academics, I am a member of Philosophy Club and choral arts society and I really enjoy crafting and being outside! I have done all of the things for this week Comments on Account Features and the Website: I have previously been on the online ArcGIS website, but I have never poked around on the profile links. I think the help tab will be very helpful when I am lost, and the training may be helpful in the future, if I were interested in taking a couple of courses just to get better used to the software. There is a Forest Regression Analysis course, which seems interesting, but it requires another course to take first. I may or may not take that prerequisite soon. Another course that interest me is Working with Imagery. The description mentioned some of the many uses it has, including forestry and disaster management, and that sounds interesting. Comments on the Read-Through: From the reading (and also from my brief experience with the website), I am getting the general idea that ArcGIS Online is just an extension of ArcGIS Pro, except it allows for easier mobility and sharing\/collaborating on work. I find that a lot of the categories I read on were things I spent a small amount of time working with in 291. Although, I have never worked with apps or notebooks. I am still not entirely sure how apps work or what they &#8230;really are from the description, but I will likely learn during the tutorial when I see them. Comments on the tutorial: It is quite reassuring to see that most of the tools in ArcGIS online are pretty intuitive, and I probably will not struggle to decipher which features do what. From seeing what the reading meant by apps, I realize that they are another thing I have worked with. Overall, this tutorial is more of a review from the first 3 chapters of the GIS tutorial from 291. ArcGIS Online Basics_Certificate_10232026 Application Examples: *For whatever reason, this website is not letting me attach the photos of these visuals, so I will add them in my email. One application is to asses how different social problems interact with each other. This example looked at domestic violence as it interacted with quarantine\/stay at home orders. An advantage of using ArcOnline for this would be that people who look at the map are able to interact with it and see how it changes over time. source: Shariati, A., &amp; Guerette, R. T. (2023). Findings from a natural experiment on the impact of covid-19 residential quarantines on domestic violence patterns in New Orleans. Journal of family violence, 38(2), 203-214. Another application I found was involving invasive plant mapping for a national park. The advantage of using ArcOnline here, again, is that it is interactive for anyone who wants to look at it. It is easy for viewers to look into specific features and areas that would otherwise be harder to see in a simple image of a map made with ArcGIS Pro. source: Randall, J., Inglis, N. C., Smart, L., &amp; Vukomanovic, J. (2022). From meadow to map: integrating field surveys and interactive visualizations for invasive species management in a National Park. 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