Ben Strumberger - GEOG 455 - Web GIS

Goal This lab exercise was designed to introduce us to the various coding languages that are used in developing Web GIS applications with ArcGIS API for JavaScript. The lab introduced us to using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the different parts of creating a webpage. After completing this lab, we were able to develop a simple webpage using the three coding languages simultaneously. Methods Part 1 of the lab exercise involved building the bare bones of the webpage using HTML. The result of creating the webpage using just HTML results in a boring webpage that displays the text in black and white, with no color or dynamic attributes. We created the header for the webpage as well as an unordered list, which in this case was simply a list of our favorite hobbies. Part 2 is where the webpage was made more interesting. We added an input form to the top of the webpage where, with extra coding, an end user could give their opinion on the quality of the webpage. We also added a logo ima...

Goal Lab 3 was designed to introduce us to building web GIS applications using Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS. Throughout the course of the lab exercise, we were given exposure to the integrated edition of Web AppBuilder on ArcGIS Online as well as the developer edition for desktop. We were able to create an application, author our own web services, and configure custom widgets for our application. Finally, we learned how to deploy the web application for use by end users. In lecture, we also were introduced to coding concepts that go into web application creation, even though there was no actual coding to be done for this lab exercise. Methods This lab exercise was divided into two parts. The first part involved building a web GIS application using Web AppBuilder integrated edition for ArcGIS Online. Once ArcGIS Online was opened, we had to open Web AppBuilder to create a new web application. Next, we had to import a map to be used in the web application. For this exercise, we used t...

Goal and Background Lab exercise 2 was designed to introduce students to creating geospatial web services using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Server. The lab was designed to teach students the various ways in which geospatial data can be published to create geospatial web services. By the end of the lab, students have authored and published raster, feature classes, and Excel CSV file using ArcGIS Pro and ArcMap. Methods The first part of the lab involved publishing feature hosted services using ArcGIS Online. First, students published a feature hosted service using an ESRI shapefile. This was done by signing into ArcGIS Online for organizations, then from the content window, adding the .zip file which contained the shapefiles needed for the map services. The service is added with tags when it is published, so that people within the areas that the services is shared can search for the layer using keywords. The services in question for this part was a Wisconsin transportation service th...