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Graduate School of
Media and Governance, Keio University
Digital Earth Science
Manual of ArcGIS.com
1.1 Geographic Information
System (GIS)
1.5 Current Status of Cloud
GIS
2. Class design with
ArcGIS.com
6.1.2 Getting started:
Introduction to the Interface
6.4 Creating and editing
Feature layers
8. Comparison with
conventional courses
There are many
definitions for GIS. In the simplest terms, GIS is the merging of cartography,
statistical analysis, and database technology. Many have expressed that GIS
integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing and
publishing all forms of geographically referenced information. Still others
have said that GIS is a technological field that incorporates geographical
features with tabular data in order to map, analyze, and assess real-world
problems.
ArcGIS is
a GIS for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for:
creating and using maps; compiling geographic data; analyzing mapped
information; sharing and discovering geographic information; using maps and
geographic information in a range of applications; and managing geographic
information in a database. ArcGIS provides an infrastructure for implementing
GIS for a single user or for many users on desktops throughout an organization,
across a community, and openly on the Web.
ArcGIS are a
very powerful tool for environmental studies and many other applications. For
example, we can use them to map our land use change time serially; we can
create a topographic map of a town based on the property values. All spatial information
could be visualized in a map by using ArcGIS which can explain what our world
is without thousands and thousands of words, not only a bunch of data inside
table. However, there are some disadvantages of ArcGIS. They are: 1) it
requires an enormous amount of data inputs to be practical for some tasks, the
more data that is put in, the more likely that there will be errors either in
the meta data or in the location of the data points. Since it takes many maps
to gather different types of data there is often discrepancies from one map to
another; 2) the GIS software is quiet expensive that it couldnft bear such
amount money for personal use. Nowadays there are some development of open
source GIS such as GRASS GIS that able to overcome this problem; 3) although
there are some free software, it is also difficult for beginner to use.
In consideration
of above mentioned issues, ArcGIS.com online is a
better choice for people who are interested in GIS without experiences using
specific software. It is not only for free of charge, but also it is easier to
operate and friendly graphical interface.
ArcGIS.com
Online is a cloud-based, collaborative content management system for maps,
apps, data, and other geospatial information. With ArcGIS Online, you can
quickly create interactive maps and custom apps, and then publish and share
them in Esri's secure cloud. You can share content
through groups with members of your organization, keep it private, or make it
public. You stay in control of your data, lower your IT costs, and empower your
users and customers with easy-to-use, web-enabled content. Organizations will
be able to evaluate and purchase a subscription for an ArcGIS Online
organizational account in 2nd quarter of 2012.
ArcGIS Online is
available to manage your organization's geospatial content in a secure
environment, to publish maps and data as hosted services in Esri's
cloud, to create maps and applications, to customize the ArcGIS Online home
page, and to collaborate across the organization. All ArcGIS Online services
fall under the Web Services and API Terms of Use (E-800). These terms of use
are referenced from the Esri Master License
Agreement.
ArcGIS Server
can be deployed in the Cloud via the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) so that
organizations and developers can publish and quickly deploy custom GIS mapping
applications within minutes.
GIS Software as
a Service (SaaS) comprises end-user applications
delivered as a service rather than as traditional, on-premises software. SaaS provides focused, Cloud-based clients and applications
that easily solve complex business problems using GIS tools and data but don't
require GIS expertise to use. The most commonly referenced example of SaaS is Salesforce.com, which provides a customer
relationship management (CRM) system accessible via the Internet.
Mobile GIS
services help organizations deliver GIS capabilities and data from centralized
servers to a range of mobile devices. You can use ArcGIS for Windows Mobile to
deploy intuitive and productive mobile GIS applications to increase the
accuracy and improve the currency of GIS data across your organization.
Easy-to-use ArcGIS for Windows Mobile applications enable field staffs who do
not necessarily have any GIS experience such as mapping, spatial query, and GIS
editing, etc.
Cloud GIS is the
combination of running GIS software and services on cloud infrastructure and
accessing GIS capabilities using the web (see Figure
1). It is a software platform that allows you efficiently and
with great ease implement that GIS technology has to offer. Cloud GIS is the
purely web based GIS powered by cloud computing. Cloud computing is rapidly
emerging as a technology almost every industry that provides or consumes
software, hardware, and infrastructure can leverage. The technology and
architecture that cloud service and deployment models offer are a key area of
research and development for GIS technology. There are several types of cloud
computing deployment scenarios such as public cloud and private cloud.
Figure 1
Working flowchart of Cloud GIS
Cloud GIS provides
full desktop GIS features enriched through the ArcGIS.com. It offers easy and
efficient visualization, analysis and exploration of geographic information
online (ArcGIS online). The primary goals of the Cloud GIS platform are to
simplify exchange of geographical information between users, and to offer an
easy way to analyze the information regardless of the location of its users. By
using Cloud GIS, users access the full power of desktop GIS, allowing for such
activities as geospatial analysis, spatial intelligence, the creation of
customized mapping reports, and publishing geographic analysis on the Web.
Since there are
more advantages of Cloud GIS use, such as no need to setup GIS infrastructure, easily
access to through the browser, edit and publish online immediately, etc., it
has becoming a trend that Cloud GIS would be widely used in the world in the
different field of application. For instance, there was a project titled Common
Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, which was comprises of 19 member states
spanning Northern, Eastern and Southern Africa in 2011, using Cloud GIS
technique to develop transport infrastructure network. The project delivered
excellent technical services to member states for the advancement of
sustainable growth and development through regional integration.
Nowadays, there
are two major matured Cloud GIS system in a market of the world. One is
developed by ESRI company (http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline), the other is GIS
Cloud Ltd. (http://www.giscloud.com/apps/map-editor). Both provide full desktop
GIS features enriched by the web. They offer easy and efficient visualization,
analysis, and exploration of geographic information. You can create a very wide
range of GIS projects and analysis with Cloud GIS, such as population census
and disaster assessment. However, there are disadvantages. For ESRI, although they
supply fully services including several different types of base maps, there is only
30-day free trial to users. For GIS Cloud Ltd., it is free for Non-commercial
use, but there is no base map option so far.
This course is
designed for graduate students with no GIS background or experience who are
interested in basic features of ArcGIS and geographic information systems in
general. This course focuses on creating layers and map symbology,
editing spatial and attribute data, displaying cartographic, spatial
analysis, etc. A portion of the course is reserved for carrying out an analysis
project and applying many of the new skills and techniques learned in this
course. Participants conduct queries, perform spatial analysis, and present
their results in a hard-copy map.
Goals:
·
Understand
what a ArcGIS.com is
·
Query
a GIS database to gain information and locate features
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Manage
geographic data
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Perform
spatial analysis
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Edit
spatial and attribute data
·
Convert
data from other formats
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Produce
high-quality maps and reports
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Communicate
with mobile phones
For new ArcGIS.com
users who wish to utilize the key functions of the online system, this online
ArcGIS course is a perfect introduction to ArcGIS and all of its constituent
applications. The course includes information on loading spatial and attributes
data, symbolising data, building attribute
expressions, interactive spatial selection, dynamic label management and
producing maps.
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Section
1 : Start with ArcGIS.com
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Section
2 : Add layers
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Section
3 : Creating and editing layers 1 (desktop)
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Section
4 : Creating and editing layers 2 (iOS)
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Section
5 : Layer properties
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Section
6 : Sharing and publishing
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Section
7 : Creating your own Map
ArcGIS.com is open
source to access to searching multiple data. Vector and raster data (.shp, .tif, .kml,c) are available for
exercises. It contains in terms of landcover, landuse, population, etc. Students could explore and
download data which they are interesting in or
relevant to their research. Data could be downloaded from website (http://www.arcgis.com/home).
Meanwhile, your data could be uploaded to the servers to share with others.
In this lecture,
six dataset, which the area is located in six prefectures, east of Japan, are
prepared for student to do exercises. They are prefecture boundary, city
boundary, population, stream, lake, and road.
We have
developed several applications that you can easily access through your web
browser, such as landcover changes and population
density in Kesennuma city, landuse
at SFC campus, etc. All applications are instantly available and users can get
started with it in a matter of seconds. Everybody can sign up and explore all
of our applications to see how you can use these applications to improve your
workflow. No more IT, no more CD installation, no more desktop and server
software.
This manual will
allow users easily to navigate through the Map Editor interface. The manual
illustrates the functionality, options and methods that could satisfy userfs requirement.
On the Map tab, you can specify data content such as basemaps
and operational layers. You can also set the data layer symbolization. On the
Tools tab, you define functionality such as editing and selection tools that
will be available in the web application. On the Layout tab, you can configure
the application's look and feel by applying a custom logo, custom title, and
colors and select from the prebuilt layout templates furnished. Any property
changes will immediately be displayed in the main preview window.
Type the website
address (http://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html) to access to ArcGIS online. Before
you get started, you have to create a new account through the sign in form (see
Figure 2). Click Sign in, Figure 3 presents the webpage of a user register. Click Create a Public Account to register a
new user. After create an account, you could sign with your user name and
password to entry the ArcGIS online.
Figure 2: Interface
of ArcGIS Online
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Figure 3: Interface
of creating an account
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Figure 4: Edit
your profile
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Figure 5: To
save edited information
When you access to ArcGIS Online, the menu bar is given seven buttons to explorer, discover, and create map through ArcGIS Online (see Figure 6). They are:
1. HOME: the main page for ArcGIS online.
2. GALLERY: browse featured maps, web mapping applications, and mobile applications shared by the ArcGIS Online community.
3. MAP: build interactive web maps and share with others.
4. SCENE: explore 3D features, such as terrain and elevation, from all angles.
5. GROUPS: invite and collaborate with other ArcGIS Online users.
6. MY CONTENT: add and share your items with the ArcGIS Online community.
7. MY ORGANIZATION:
8. SEARCH: type keywords in the Find maps, applications and morec text box to find some theme topic that you are interested.
Figure 6: The
menu bar of ArcGIS Online
From the menu
bar of the ArcGIS.com home page, click GALLERY
to open the map searching viewer. There are three
catalogs of maps, it is My Favorites, My Organizationfs Featured Content, and Esri Featured Content (see G[! QΖ³ͺ©Β©θάΉρB). A number of different classification
map are contained in each catalog, such as forest, street, people living, world
relief, etc.
Figure 7: Gallery interface
Details
From the menu
bar of the ArcGIS.com home page, click MAP
to open the built-in map viewer that you could create a map (see Figure 8). The map details information was shown on the left column
(see Figure 9). It includes about,
Contents, and Legend.
Figure 8: Map
interface
Figure 9: Drop
down list of gDetailsh
Add
There are five
options for layer activities. Click Add,
there listed Search
for Layers, Browse Living Atlas
Layers, Add Layers from File, Add Layers from Web, Add Map Notes (See Figure 10).
Figure 10: Drop
down list of gAddh
Basemap
By default, the basemap is the Topographic map from Esri
(see Figure 11). Click Basemap and select
the map of your choice (Imagery, Streets, Open Street Map, Terrain, etc.).
Figure 11: Drop
down list of gBasemaph
Analysis
You can analyze
your own data or data that's publicly available on ArcGIS Online. Click
Analysis, options for analyzing maps will be appeared on the left column (see Figure 12). You can perform analysis using six options of Summarize Data, Find Locations, Data Enrichment,
Analyze Patterns, Use Proximity and
Manage Data.
Figure 12: Drop
down list of gAnalysish
Save
Click Save, there are two options to save map
(see G[!
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Figure 13: Drop down list of gSaveh
Share and Print
To share or
publish data, click Share,
choose who can view this map (see Figure 14). If you want to share your data with everyone, tick Everyone (public); if you want to share your
data with specific users, you should create a group at the beginning. See 6.1.2.3 section how to create a group. These can be accessed by
web, desktop, and mobile applications anywhere through the internet.
You can choose to share these hosted services with everyone or keep them
private.
Click Print, the map you create will be shown
in new webpage that you created could be printed by local
printer or network printer. The map includes the map title, layers, and
copyrights.
Figure 14: Button
of gShare and Printh
Measure
To measure area
or distance or location, click Measure
(see Figure 15). In the drop down list, click Area (left), Distance
(middle), and Location (right) to
measure objects in the map. The unit of area is optional including Acres, Sq.Miles, Sq.Kilometers,
Hectares, Sq.Yards, Sq.Feet,
and Sq.meters. The unit of distance includes Miles,
Kilometers, Feet, Meters, and Yards. The unit of location includes Degrees and
DMS.
Figure 15: Drop
down list of gMeasureh
Bookmarks
To add bookmark,
click Bookmarks, and click Add Bookmark, type your content in the
text box to mark your map (see Figure 16).
Figure 16: Drop
down list of gBookmarksh
Search
Type keywords in
the Search text box; click Enter on your key
board (see Figure 17). The results of your search will be shown in the map.
Figure 17: Text
box of gSearchh
You'll be able
to invite specific users or groups of users who already established logins to
share your dataset. Click GROUPS in
the main menu bar, the group webpage shows how many groups you belong to (see Figure 18). To create your own group, click Create a Group, title your group name, type some keywords or
contents in Summary, Description, and Tags text box for your own group (see Figure 19). Click or check or choose in Status, Contributors, and
Sorted by options, respectively.
Click Save
when you finish this work.
After created a
group, users who belong to the group could be invited by you;
or you could be invited by other users who own the other groups. All groups are
listed in All My Groups. Sharing maps
and other information using groups where you can communicate information,
designs, and other ideas. You can also create destinations for your users and
customers with ready-to-use templates. You can share your information publicly,
or keep it private.
Figure 18:
GROUPS interface
Figure 19: Create a group interface
Click MY CONTENT in the main menu bar, all
your files and their properties are shown in the My Content page (see Figure 20). It presents each filefs title name, data type, and date
of modification, sharing status, and filefs size. You can create a new folder
or delete a folder by clicking New or
Delete on the left column; or on the
right column, click Add Item, Create Map, Share, Delete, and Move to add a new item, quickly create a
map, share your data with others, delete a map from the list, and move a map to
another folder, respectively.
Figure 20: MY
CONTENT interface
This section
contains information about your organization. Access the page by clicking the
My Organization button at the top of the site. All members of the organization
can view the page to see information about other members and access links to
quickly find the organization's content and groups (See Figure 21). In addition, the page includes tools for administers to
manage the organization.
Figure 21: My Organization interface
In this section,
you will open a web map and learn how to navigate and work with it using map
tools.
From the home page, click on
the Group and go to gDigital Earth Science 2016h group (See Figure 22). A group is a collection of content on ArcGIS Online. This group
contains the data for this section.
Figure 22: Open a group that you are member of
Click the
thumbnail of the gDigitalEarth2016-Kawasakih to open it. The map opens to show two
neighborhoods in Kawasaki city, Japan. The map shows Building Points, Buildings,
Blocks and Chome.
Figure 23: Kawasaki neighborhood
Map
The map contains
layers, and layers contain features. For example, each building is a feature in
the Building-Point layer. In this section, you will get information about
features and navigate the map. Click on a building on the map and see information which is shown in opened pop-up (See Figure 24).
Figure 24: Feature Information
At the bottom of
the pop-up, click Zoom to. The map
zooms in on the feature and you can see the terrain. Close the pop-up by
clicking the X in its title bar. Click the Default
extent (
To work directly with the map
layers, you need to switch to the Contents view of the map. At the top of the Details pane on the left, click the Content button (See Figure 25).
Figure 25: See content of a Map
The order of
layers on the Contents pane is the
order in which they are drawn on the map. At the bottom, every map has a basemap layer that covers the entire world. Every layer,
except the basemap, can be turned on or off. On the Contents pane, click the check box next
to the Chome layer to turn the layer off. You see the
Imagery layer underneath. (The Imagery layer was already partially visible
because of a transparency setting on the Chome layer.)
Turn off the Imagery layer to see the Topographic basemap.
Turn both layers back on.
You can adjust
the transparency of any layer. In the Contents pane, point to
the Chome layer. Click the More Options button
and choose Transparency (See Figure 26). The layer is approximately 40 percent transparent. Move
the Transparency slider back and forth. When the layer is completely opaque,
the terrain is obscured. At the other extreme, the Chome
layer is invisible. Move the Transparency slider to a position you like. Move
the mouse pointer over some white space on the Contents pane, and click if
necessary, to close the layer properties.
Figure 26: How to set Transparency
You can also
work with the map using tools on the ribbon. On the ribbon, click the Measure button and click the Distance tool (See Figure 27).
Figure 27: Using Measure Tool
On the map,
click on one Building point to start a measurement. Move the mouse pointer to
another point and double-click to end the measurement. Make a few more
measurements. When you're finished, close the Find area, length, or location
box.
You can't save
changes to a map that is owned by someone else. You can, however, save a new
version of the map as your own (as long as this property is enabled by the map
owner). You could do that with this map, but it will be more fun to rebuild the
map entirely from the basemap up. That's what you will
do in the next section.
In this section,
you will recreate the map you explored in the previous section. You will start
a new map and add the layers you need.
Every new map
starts with a basemap. In an ArcGIS Online
organization, the administrator chooses the default basemap
and sets its extent. This section assumes that your default basemap
is the Topographic basemap and that its default
extent is Japan. If your settings are different, you'll make changes as needed
in the first section.
If a map is already open in
your browser, click New Map in the upper right corner of the page. If
necessary, choose Create New Map. On the Open map prompt, click Yes to open the map. If a map is not open in your
browser, sign in to your ArcGIS organization account (if necessary) and click
Map at the top of your organization home page.
Tip: If you're in a new
ArcGIS Online session, clicking Map will open a new map. Otherwise, it will open
an existing map (the last map you were using). If an existing map opens, click
New Map as described in the previous step.
The new map
opens to Japan. On the ribbon, in the Find address or place box, type Higashidacho. In the list of suggested
locations, choose Higashidacho,
Kawasaki, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JPN. The map
zooms to the city. Close the Location pop-up (See Figure 28).
Figure 28: Find interested area
When you save
the map later in this lesson, the map extent at the time of saving will become
the extent used by the Default extent button. It can also be useful to add
spatial bookmarks to navigate to particular map locations.
On the ribbon,
click the Bookmarks button. In the Bookmarked places list, click Add Bookmark. Type
Kawasaki Japan and press Enter (See Figure 29).
Figure 29: How to Bookmark
Close the list
of bookmarked places. At the top of the Details pane, click the Content button.
Then, click the Basemap button on the ribbon and
choose Imagery (See Figure 30).
Figure 30: Select Basemap
You are ready to
start adding layers to the basemap. In the Search
for Layers pane, a default list of search results appears. You see layers
that are shared with the organization and that have some geography in common
with your map view. Click the down arrow next to In
and choose ArcGIS Online. Explore maps you can see in side bar. In the Find
box, type gpointh and select My Organization in
the In box. You see that a feature map will be shown in side bar in the
name of gBuilding_Pointsh, add it to your map (See Figure 31).
Figure 31: Add layer to your map from Search
for Layers
Note:
The layers
available in the organization are subject to change, so your search results may
look different than those shown.
To add layers
from your computer, click on Add and select Add Layers from File,
then browse the file you want and select Import Layer (See Figure 32)
Figure 32: Add your data to the map
Now, in the same
way, add the following layers from the search results to the map (either from
search for layer or add from file):
Ø
Blocks
Ø
Building
Ø
Chome_sfc
At the bottom of
the Search for Layers pane, click Done Adding Layers. The layers are
drawn, with their default symbols, in the order in which they were loaded into
the map. (This is usually, but not always, the same order in which you add
them.) You do not see the Building Points on the map because they are
underneath the Chome layer. You can move each layerfs
position up or down to see interested layers over all. In next section you can
see how to do it.
In this section,
you will change some of the properties of the layers. For example; give them shorter names, change their position in the list
of layers, add labels, and adjust transparency. Layer properties are always
accessed in the same way: by pointing to the layer name and clicking an
appropriate button or clicking the More Options button and choosing the
property you want to change.
Rename
In
the Contents pane, point to the gChome sfch layer.
Click the More Options button and choose Rename (see Figure 33).
Figure 33: Rename your layer
In the Rename
window, change the layer name to gNeighborhoodh and click OK. You can see the
name of layer changed to Neighborhood. In the same way, you can change other
layerfs name.
Change
Layerfs position
In
the Contents pane, point to the gBuilding Pointsh layer. Click the More Options button and click
Move up (See Figure 34).
Figure 34: Change layer positon
The layer moves up one position, above the Neighborhood layer. Do the same to see gBuilding Pointsh at the top of the list.
The usual practice is to put points (such as Building Points) above lines, and lines above polygons. Points, lines, and polygons are all feature layers: they usually represent discrete geographic objects that have more or less precise locations and boundaries.
The Terrain layer, like the Imagery or Topographic basemap, is a tile layer. Tile layers are images and cannot be manipulated in the same ways as feature layers. They typically represent large, continuous surfaces rather than discrete objects. Tile layers cannot be moved above feature layers in a map.
Labels
In
the Contents pane, point to the gNeighborhoodh layer. Click the More Options button and choose
Create Labels.
Each
neighborhood is labeled with its name. In the Label Features pane, change the
label size from 13 to 16 and click OK. Also, set the color to what you like
(See Figure 35).
Figure 35: Create Labels
Transparency
Open the properties for the Neighborhood layer and choose Transparency. Make the layer about 40 percent transparent, or whatever looks good to you. In the same way, make the Blocks layer about 50 percent transparent.
You have recreated the appearance of the map you explored in the last section.
When you start a new map, or open a saved map of your own, it opens with the Contents pane showing. When anyone else opens your map, however, it opens with the Legend pane showing. You should think about how you want the legend to look. At the top of the Contents pane, click the Legend button. Legend entries are created for all layers except the basemap (See Figure 36). At the top of the Legend pane, click the Content button. Open the properties for the Terrain layer and choose Show in Legend. View the legend again to see the effect, and then go back to the Contents pane. Note: the entry for the Terrain layer is not useful for interpreting the map.
Figure 36: Show legend for your map
You were able to
re-create the map's appearance without too much effort because the symbols,
such as orange balls for Building points and, were already set when you added
the layers. A layer's default display settings, including its
style and pop-up configuration, are made by its owner. Once you add a
layer to your own map, however, you are free to change those settings.
In the Contents
pane, point to the Blocks layer and click the Change Style button (See Figure 37).
Figure 37: Change style button
In
the Change Style pane, notice that the currently selected style is Location
(Single symbol), which is indicated by the check mark (See Figure 38). In this
style, all features in the layer are drawn with the same symbol. The Location
style is appropriate when you want to see the features on the map but you are
not interested in their particular characteristics, such as names or area.
Figure 38: Change style interface
For a drawing style, under Location (Single symbol), click Options (See Figure 38). Under Showing Location Only, click Symbols to change the symbol. On the color palette, choose a color that you think will look good and click OK (See Figure 39). The new color is applied to the map. (If you do not like it, click Symbols again to open the color palette and choose a different color.) Also, it is possible to change the color of outline of symbol. You can set transparency, line width and pattern as well. At the bottom of the Change Style pane, click OK and click Done (See Figure 39).
Figure 39: Symbol change options
On the ribbon, click the Save button and choose Save. In the Save Map window, type gKawasaki Neighborhood Maph in the Title box. For the tags, type words that will help people find the map through searches (Here you can tag as gDigitalEarth2016h). After each tag, press Enter. For the summary, type a brief description of the map's content (See Figure 40). Click Save Map.
Figure 40: Save your map
The map is saved to your My Content page in the organization.
Feature layers
are useful when you need to expose vector data for display, query, and editing
on the web. Maps, apps, and desktop map viewers can access your services from
anywhere on the Internet if you choose to allow it.
To create a
Feature Layer, go to My Content and
click on Create, then select Feature Layer (See Figure 41)
Figure 41: Create Feature Layer
A pop-up window
will be open to select a templet for your feature
layer. Click on From Existing Layer
and select gBuilding_Points_Testh, click Create (See Figure 41). Another window asks to select the layers to
include, tick gBuilding_Points_Testh
and go to next.
Figure 42: Select templet for Feature Layer
In next window,
you have to pan or zoom to set the map extent for the new
hosted layer. Zoom in to find Keio University SFC campus and go to next
(See Figure 43).
Figure 43: Set the map extent
Here, you have
to specify a title, tags, and summary for your new hosted layer import
information as you can see in Figure 44 and click Done. Your new feature layer will be created and
opened in detailed information page. Now open your layer to add point feature
to it.
Figure 44: Specify Title and other information
for your new map
Now, you can add
point features to your map. Click on Edit, on the left side you can see the
icon for adding new feature, click on it and then go to map and double click on
building in campus. Fill in attribute data and close pop-up window (See Figure 45). In the same way, add all buildings in campus to your map.
After adding all building, click Done on left side of
your page then your layer will be saved. You can add more features if you want
by using Edit button again.
Hint: you can
find buildings name here: http://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/sfc.html
Figure 45: Add new feature to your map
Now, if you go
to My Content section you can see that your feature layer is added by the name
you gave it.
Download
Feature Layer as shapefile
Click on your
feature layer and open item details. From Export button select Export to Shapefile
(See Figure 46). Fill in title, tags and summery and press export, you
will see that new shapefile is added to your My
Content section.
Figure 46: Export your Feature layer as shapefile
Go to My Content
tab and look for your shapefile. You can see there
are two gKeio_SFC_Bld_pointsh in your contents with
different icons, one is a feature layer and the other one is a shapefile. You can download your shapefile
as a zipped file (See Figure 47).
Figure 47: Download shapefile
From My Content tool bar, click on a map
file e.g. DigitaEarth2016_Kawasaki, click Open
in map viewer in the drop down list of Open (SeeG[! QΖ³ͺ©Β©θάΉρB) then,
click Share in the menu bar of My Map window to open share window. You
can only make a web application with a map that is shared, click Create a Web Applications (see Figure 49).
Figure 48: Open your file in map viewer
Figure 49: Create a web App
The Create
a Web Application window opens with a gallery of templates you can use to
create your application (see Figure 50).
You can create a web app with a map by using a configurable app or Web AppBuilder. Different configurable apps and Web AppBuilder offer various bits of functionality, such as
different layouts and color schemes, editing and identify tools, social media
feeds, side-by-side map viewers, and so on.
Figure 50: Web Application window
In Configurable Apps templates, select a template.
For instance, click over the template thumbnail of Basic Viewer to see a description of the template (See Figure 51).
Figure 51: Select a configurable template
Click Create
App and name the title and tags in the text box respectively, select a
folder that you would like to save the file in the drop down list of Save in folder, click Done (see Figure 52).
Figure 52: Create your Web App
A new window will be open to make edition as
you want for your App (see Figure 53),
click Save then, Done.
Figure 53: Edit Web App
The new created Web app will be shown in details view
after being created. Click on URL link in properties section of detailed
information page (See Figure 54).
Figure 54: View in detail page of the new Web App
A new window will be opened that shows your Web application and its interface (See Figure 55). You can explore your web App!
Figure 55: Web Application interface
By default, content you add to ArcGIS Online
is only accessible to you. Your maps, apps, and other items are not available
to others; for example, they do not appear in search results and aren't part of
any group. Depending on your sharing privileges and the security settings of
your organization, you can choose to share your items with your organization,
groups you belong to, and everyone (public). You can also share it with a
combination of your organization, groups, and everyone. If you make an item public,
it is accessible by everyone, including anonymous users, even if your
organization does not allow anonymous access to its website. Access to items
shared only with a private group requires that you have shared the item with
that group and that group members are logged in. This is enforced anytime the
item is accessed.
From the menu bar of My Content, check the
file that you would like to share with others, click Share (see Figure 56),
the pop-up window of Share shows the
options that the file will be shared is for public or some groups (see Figure 57).
The share items could be multiple checked, after checked, click OK.
Figure 56: Share your file
Figure 57: Pop-up window to share your file
From the list of My Content, you could see
the Shared status that the files
selected to be shared with others has been changed (see Figure 47).
Enjoy it and good luck!
This section is
focused on testing developed application and its approach. Certainly, we are
going to participate in a project that followed the development approach, rather
than focusing on the manual only. Thus, the session focuses on the discipline
and extensive testing efforts that are required to support digital earth
science!
ArcGIS Online
allows users and organizations to extend GIS beyond its traditional reach. The perspective of teachers and students for this manual is to make anyone can find and use data in
ArcGIS Online, build and share maps with others, and incorporate ArcGIS Online
into your organization's GIS workflow. The benefit and
shortcomings are:
1.
Access,
share, and manage content
·
Browse
maps, apps, and data
·
Access
basemaps, image services, and Bing Maps
·
Access
maps from browsers, mobile devices, ArcGIS for Desktop
·
Embed
maps in web pages, blogs, applications
·
Create
groups and share items with groups
·
Keep
content private, share it publicly, or within groups
2.
Add
your own data to maps
3.
Add
Geometry Service to maps & apps
4.
Store
maps, apps, and data in Esri's cloud
5.
Add
World Geocoding Service to maps & apps
6.
Access
ArcGIS Portal and Web Mapping APIs
7.
Publish
hosted services in Esri's cloud
8.
Manage
user roles, access, and security
9.
Monitor
usage information
10.
Add
your organization's logo and banner to your ArcGIS Online homepage
11.
Display
your organization's maps on your ArcGIS Online homepage
12.
Create
a custom URL for your ArcGIS Online homepage
13.
Includes
Technical Support
We tested the
ArcGIS Online manual, the result showed that it helped students to understand
GIS well, and also could stimulate studentsf enthusiasm in studying GIS. However, since the internet is necessary for this study,
sometimes we could not access to internet because of no signal, especially using
iPhone outdoor.
For future
study, we will configure our own application templates and simple media
templates such as map viewer and mobile web. The templates can be downloaded or
used as hosted applications via your ArcGIS Online account. Meanwhile, GIS
analysis would be improved and enhanced.
ArcGIS Online is
a rapidly advancing cloud-based system for creating and sharing maps and
geographic information. It could enable anyone to create, view, and use
intelligent maps. Users can also upload and style geographic data, create web
maps, and embed maps into websites to be published.
After we finish
applications on our research domain, the productive outcome will be uploaded
and readily available to a wider audience through the open, scalable worldwide.
Anyone can use it, no programming needed!