Web-based Exercise #2:

ArcGIS Online and ESRI Story Maps

 

Estimated time: 4 hours

Grading:  8 points total (ONE point for each question).

 

 

Due Day: March 01 (Thursday) at the beginning of lecture (before 2pm). 

You should upload your lab answers to the Blackboard (http://blackboard.sdsu.edu) before the lecture.  We will use the Timestamp on your documents in the Blackboard to check if your assignment is late or not.

(In your upload file, please use this title: [GEOG104-LAB-2-[Your name].doc (or pdf).  Please write down your answers in MS Word or other word processing software.  Please always save a local backup copy of your own answers.)

Please use your own words to answer the questions in this exercises: (DO NOT COPY any web resources or Wikipedia texts. We will check your answers with Blackboard tools to verify that your responses are uniquely yours.) By submitting your answers (paper) to Blackboard, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution's policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.

 

SafeAssign accepts files in .doc, .docx, .docm, .ppt, .pptx, .odt, .txt, .rtf, .pdf, and .html file formats only. Files of any other format will not be checked through SafeAssign.

 

As for this exercise, you will need to capture many screen shots. To capture a screen shot using Windows press 'Print Screen' on the keyboard (if you are using a laptop you may have to press 'Function' and 'Print Screen'). For a Mac press Command-Shift-3 on the keyboard. Using either Mac or Windows to capture a screen shot will put a copy of your screen onto you clipboard, which can then be pasted into a document.  When you open a new Word document, press "Ctrl-V" (to Paste) the screen shot into your report.

 

Content: Guided San Diego Web Map creation (with online and offline data sets) and How to Search for San Diego Data Sets (using SDSU organization account & sharing webmaps within a group)

 

ArcGIS online is a Cloud computing GIS framework.  Cloud computing is a new Web technology which can allow many users to utilize web computing resources (disk storage, software programs, virtual machines, databases, and GIS maps).  For example, if you are using Google's Gmail and Google Docs, they are typical Cloud computing applications.  To know more about Cloud computing in GIS, read this article: http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/0110/feature.html

 

Join the Group in ArcGIS online

 

1. Go to the ArcGIS Online Home website:  https://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html Click on “Sign in”, Then select [Create A Public Account] à  select “Enter Your Information”).

2. Fill out the information, then click on “Create my account”.

3. You can edit your profile if you like.

4. On the TOP menu, you can select “Group” to join multiple GROUPS or share your maps and data among your group members.  In this exercise, you will join the SDSU-GEOG104 group first.

5.  On the top menu, select “Groups”.  Then use the “Query” function on the UPPER-RIGHT corner, type “SDSU-GEOG104”.   Your will see a group named “SDSU-GEOG104” with owner’s name:  mmingttsou.

6.  Then select the “SDSU-GEOG104” group, Select “Join This Group”. Then click on “Submit Request” button.  Your request will be reviewed by the Instructor.   The Instructor will approve your request ASAP (within one day) to add you into the           SDSU-GEOG104 Group.


 

Learn ArcGIS with the Online Help and Quick Exercises

7.     On the top menu, select “Map”.  A map viewer will display.

8.   Open this Online Help in a seperate window, follow their instructions, watch the intro video and finish the two quick exercises for Maps and one for Scene.  http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/get-started/get-started-with-maps.htm

Maps

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSQ2bbI6s2A&feature=youtu.be&list=PLGZUzt4E4O2IJt1O_OTDFR-3dUpiCZGKf

Two Quick Exercises:

http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/get-started/quick-exercise-maps.htm

http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/get-started/quick-exercise-sharing.htm

 

3D Scene

Take another Quick Exercise for 3D Scene function.

Video: http://www.esri.com/videos/watch?videoid=TDjn13tP89o&channelid=UCgGDPs8cte-VLJbgpaK4GPw&title=arcgis-online:-scene-basics

Quick Exercise: http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/get-started/quick-exercise-scenes.htm

 

Question 1:What are the differences between ArcGIS online and Google Earth Pro? Describe the characteristics of each.  Which one you prefer? Why?  

 

Question 2:  In the "Share a Map" Quick exercise, what is the web link (URL) of your public shared map?  Attach a Screen shot in your report.

 

Question 3: What are the differences between "Maps" and "Scene" in ArcGIS Online? Which one you prefer? Why?  Attach a screen shot of the "Waterfront" slide from the quick exercise.

 

After completing the online tours, go to “New Map” on the top right corner.

 

10.  In this new map, the first task is to search for World Region boundaries and US State boundaries.  Click on “Add” on the top menu -->  Search for Layers:  Find: “region boundary” In: “ArcGIS Online”.

11.  Add “USA Counties” and “World Regions” layers into My Map.

12.  Click on the bottom Blue icon [DONE ADDING LAYERS].

 

When you zoom out to see the whole world region, USA Counties may not draw completely because there are too many features to display in this area of the map.

This problem is important for web map display because of limited screen resolution and screen size in your computer, each map layer should be displayed at different scale – setting up visible range for each layer.  Your Map will look like the following figure.

lab2-figure1

13.  Do you know how to set up visible range for each map layer?  (Ask the Instructor for the answer).  (Tips: In the left side of window, click on the “…” under the layer’s name.  Then select “Set Visibility Range”.)

14.  Now, let’s zoom into San Diego. Click on the “Find my Location  icon findlocalicon below the minus sign.  The map will automatically Zoom-in into your location (based on your computer’s location.

15.  If you see a blank orange page, don’t panic.  My Map just ZOOM-INs too much.  Click on the minus sign to ZOOM-OUT slowly until you see the boundary of San Diego County. 

lab-2-figure2

16.  Click on the center of San Diego County to open the information window (as a function to query map layers).  What is the total population in San Diego County?   In the window, it shows “1 of 2”, can you see the “2 of 2”?  What’s the information about “2 of 2”? 

 

(Note: since we have included two map layers, one map layer is World Region. Another map layer is “USA Counties”. )

17.  We will add a few more layers to study demography of San Diego.  Click on “Add” on the top menu.  Search for the following two Layers:  In “ArcGIS Online

18.  Add “USA Median Household Income” by ArcGIS_Hub and “2016 USA Population Density" by esri_pbi

19.  Click on [DONE ADDING LAYERS].

 

20.  Do you see the two new added layers?  Why? _______________________________

 

21.  In the Layer [Content], you can re-arrange the sequence of layers or uncheck the display of top layers to see the other map layer below.  Uncheck the [World Regions] and [USA Counties] layers now.  Move the USA Median Household Income layer to the top of Population Density layer.

22.  What do these colors means in the Household Income map?  Switch to the Map Legend View on the Left-side Panel.  Does the distribution of Household Income make sense in San Diego? (You will need to zoom in to San Diego to see more detail zones (zip code areas or census tracts).   

 

23.  Try to Zoom-In and Zoom out this map to see the overall pattern of Household incomes in U.S. and the patterns in San Diego.  Do you notice the differences between county-level maps and States-level maps?

 

24.  You can select your interested neighborhood and query their household Income levels.  What’s the distribution pattern in your neighborhood?  (For example, you can also try the regions in Coronado Island). 

lab2-figure3

25.  Now we will add one local GIS data into My Map.  Most GIS data layers in San Diego can be downloaded from the SANDAG website: http://www.sandag.org/index.asp?classid=21&fuseaction=home.classhome

http://www.sandag.org/index.asp?subclassid=100&fuseaction=home.subclasshome

(You need to create a free account to download these data. It will just take a few seconds).

You can download many important GIS layers (in Zip file format) from this website, including  Schools (in Place), School Polygons (in Place),  Hospital (in Place), Colleges (in Place), Cell_Phone_Towers (in Place), Parks, Street_Lights (in Miscellaneous), ZipCode (in Miscellaneous).

Most of zipped file can be added into ArcGIS online directly. But if the layer has more than 1000 feature items, it will have error messages.  Since the San Diego School files include 1082 features,we modified the files and keep only High Schools and Middle Schools in the database.  The new file is called “mid_highschools.zip” and “mid_highPOLY.zip”.

You can copy the two files for “web-exercise#2” from HERE,

mid_highschools.zip” and “mid_highPOLY.zip

 

Download the Two GIS datasets into your local desktop, “mid_highschools.zip” and “mid_highPOLY.zip”.

26.  Let’s add the mid_highPOLY into My Map.  Click on the “Add” from top menu. It will open an “Add Layer from File” window.  Select the mid_highPOLY (a zip file) from the workspace folder. Then click on “IMPORT LAYER”.

add-layer 

 

27.  ArcGIS online has detected this GIS layer has a few “attributes” to display.  In the Option 1, Choose an attribute to show --> select “SOCTYPE” (school type). So each type of school polygons will be displayed in different colors.  The second option is to choose a drawing style with Types (unique symbols) or Location (single symbol).  The default choice is Types.  Keep the default.   Then click on “DONE”.

 

28.   Now Turn off the Median Household layer.   Can you see the new mid_highPOLY layer (Middle schools and high schools in San Diego)?  Try to Zoom In to see.

29.  Click on one color polygons to see the information in the window. Does the color match its TYPE?

figure4-lab2

 

 

30.  There is also a Table View in ArcGIS online.  Switch to “Content” view in the Left Panel. Click on the “Show Table” icon within the Layer of “mid_highPOLY”.  You will see a table show up under the map with all attribute information for every school. After viewing these attributes, you can turn off the Table view.

 tableview

31.  Zoom-in to one high school polygon.  Do you know what’s the median household income nearby that high school?  Turn on the “USA Median Household Income”.  Now the two map layers are difficult to recognize.  To improve the display of the map.  You need to change the “Transparency” of the “USA Median Household Income” layer.

32.  Click on the “. . .” below the 2016 USA Median Household Income” layer.  Select Transparency à Change to 50%.

 transparency

33.  Change the Transparency of   mid_highPOLY to “0%”.  Now the map looks much better.

 

34.  Click on the center of your selected school polygon. In the Popup Info window, change the Page to Second Page (2 of 2) to see the nearby household incomes.  Click on anearby polygon and do the similar analysis.  What is the average household income nearby your selected school?  _____________________

 

35.  Use the Measure Tool to measure the area of your selected school. The measure tool is on the top menu.  (You should change the unit to Sq Yards). How many Sq Yards in your School? 

 

___________________________

 

36.  Now we can add a Map Note into your School. Click on the “Add” on the Top menu, select Add Map Notes.  Type “San Diego School” and select “Infrastructure” template.

 MAPNOTE

37.  Select a school symbol from the list.  Then place the symbol on top of your own school. Type-in a title and a description for your school. Add Image URL and the Link URL.  The Image URL can be the LOGO of your school.  You can open a web browser and search for your selected school website.  The school website URL will be the “Image Link URL”.   You can right-click on the School’s LOGO and select “Copy Image Address”, then paste the URL into the “Image URL”.  Click on “CLOSE”.

 LINKURl

38.  Currently, you are in the “Edit” Mode in ArcGIS online.  You can see that the “Edit” icon on the TOP menu is activated.  To complete this Edit session, click on the “Edit” button to turn of Edit Model.

 HIGHSCOOL

 

39.  Now you can test your new Map Note.  Click on the School map symbol to see what happens.

 

40.  Now Zoom-out a little bit to see the Household income layer to display on the map.  Click on the Bookmarks (on the Top menu) --> Add bookmark to bookmark this view.  (type in your own description).

41.  Now we need to save our work.  Click on the [Save] on the top menu -> [Save]. In the Save Map window, input Title, Tags, and Summary.  In the Tags, please add the first one for “GEOG104”. The title and tags are searchable text when you share or publish your maps. So be careful about what kinds of information you put in these fields.  Click on “SAVE MAP” when you finish.  This web map will be saved into your Content associate with your ArcGIS online organization account.

sAVEMAP 

42.  One powerful function of ArcGIS online is to share your maps with others.  Click on “Share” button on the top menu, the Share window will pop-up.  You can share your map to everyone, or to your organization (SDSU), or members of your groups.   You can also share this map with your Facebook or Twitter Account.

 

43.  In this exercise, you will share your map with SDSU-GEOG104 group.  Click on the “Share” icon (next to the SAVE icon).

 

44.  In the Share window, select “SDSU-GEOG104” as the group to share.  Then click on “DONE” in the bottom of window.

 

45.  Optional:  You can also share your map with Web App.  To do so, click on “Share” again, and then select the “CREATE A WEB APP” on the bottom of window.  You can also use this tool to create Story map which we will cover it in the next exercise.

 

46. Create Your OWN Web Map and Share with Our Group!

Now you can modify your current maps by adding other map layers you found from ArcGIS online or SANDAG website.  Please add at least TWO new map layers in your new map or create a brand-new one map from your own topics.  Save your map and Share your new map with a new name to the Group of “SDSU-GEOG104”.

You can also see other’s nice web maps from our “SDSU-GEOG104” group.  On the Top left corner, Click on “Home” menu, select “Group”. Then select the “SDSU-GEOG104” group.  Have fun!

Question 4: What is the URL or web link of yor new ArcGIS online map? Please attach a screen shot of your new map and explain the new layers in your map (name, content, attributes, etc.).

Question 5: Explore different types of public "Groups" using "San Diego" keyword to search.  Pick up one Public Group in San Diego and describe their goals and tasks.  Introduce one map or web map created by this group with a screen shot.

Question 6:  In the Group page, "Featured Groups" is next to My Group.  Select one of the Featured Groups and one of their "Apps".  Introduce their goal or tasks of the featured group and who will use their Apps?

 

 

ESRI Story Map Exercise

1.     Spend 15 minutes to read this Story Maps Tour  Tutorial Example

http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/app-list/map-tour/tutorial/  (You don't need to follow this procedure yet).

 

2.     Take a look at some good examples of ESRI Story Maps:  https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=0https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery

 

3.     There are several types of Story Map Builder to select (Map Tour, Map Journal, Cascade, Map Series, and Basic, etc.).  Go to the app-list to take a look these different templates: http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/app-list/  

 

4.     Now you are ready to create your first Story map.  Select one of the Story Map Templates (Tour, or Journal, or Series, or others).  Then click on the “TUTORIAL” in your selected template.  Finish the tutorial by following these instructions.  Please make sure to use the organization account you created from the previous lab.) and Share the final story map with the Public.

5.     Select another ESRI Story Map template and complete the tutorial.

 

6.     You must complete TWO different TUTORIALS from these Story Map templates in this exercise. Please make sure to include maps in your Story Map examples.

 

7.     If you need some pictures for your tutorials, there are some SDSU pictures and San Diego Pictures available in HERE.   https://pixabay.com/

 

IMPORTANT: Please DO NOT copy or use photos from any commericial websites unless they are "Creative Commons".

 

Questions 7:   Select your favorite ESRI Story Map Example from the Gallery and provide a brief introduction with URLs.  Why are you selecting this Story Map?  Who are the map makers and map readers?  Provide ONE screen shot for this example.

 

Question 8:  Introduce the TWO ESRI Story Maps you created and provide the URL links.  Explain why you choose the template and what are the advantages and disadvantages of the template you choose.  Provide ONE screen shot for each map.

 

 

Due Day: March 01 (Thursday) at the beginning of lecture (before 2pm).

 

You should upload your lab answers to the Blackboard (http://blackboard.sdsu.edu) before the lecture.  We will use the Timestamp on your documents in the Blackboard to check if your assignment is late or not.

(In your upload file, please use this title: [GEOG104-LAB-2-[Your name].doc (or pdf).  Please write down your answers in MS Word or other word processing software.  Please always save a local backup copy of your own answers.)

 

Web Exercise Questions:

 

Question 1:What are the differences between ArcGIS online and Google Earth Pro? Describe the characteristics of each.  Which one you prefer? Why?  

 

Question 2:  In the "Share a Map" Quick exercise, what is the web link (URL) of your public shared map?  Attach a Screen shot in your report.

 

Question 3: What are the differences between "Maps" and "Scene" in ArcGIS Online? Which one you prefer? Why?  Attach a screen shot of the "Waterfront" slide from the quick exercise.

Question 4: What is the URL or web link of yor new ArcGIS online map? Please attach a screen shot of your new map and explain the new layers in your map (name, content, attributes, etc.).

Question 5: Explore different types of public "Groups" using "San Diego" keyword to search.  Pick up one Public Group in San Diego and describe their goals and tasks.  Introduce one map or web map created by this group with a screen shot.

Question 6:  In the Group page, "Featured Groups" is next to My Group.  Select one of the Featured Groups and one of their "Apps".  Introduce their goal or tasks of the featured group and who will use their Apps?

 

Questions 7:   Select your favorite ESRI Story Map Example from the Gallery and provide a brief introduction with URLs.  Why are you selecting this Story Map?  Who are the map makers and map readers?  Provide ONE screen shot for this example.

 

Question 8:  Introduce the TWO ESRI Story Maps you created and provide the URL links.  Explain why you choose the template and what are the advantages and disadvantages of the template you choose.  Provide ONE screen shot for each map.