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This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating interactive maps and story maps using ArcGIS Online, a cloud-based platform that allows you to share your GIS data and maps on the web.
This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating interactive maps and story maps using ArcGIS Online, a cloud-based platform that allows you to share your GIS data and maps on the web.
Getting Started with ArcGIS Online
Getting Started with ArcGIS Online
Log into ArcGIS Online: Go to arcgis.com and sign in with your free trial account.
Click on My Content. Here is where you will upload all your geospatial datasets and keep track of your interactive web maps and applications.
Creating your map and adding data
Creating your map and adding data
On the homepage, click on Map.
Navigating in ArcGIS Online
Click on Add -> Search for Layers, In: My Organization.
Search words: smoking areas and Add Designated Smoking Areas on Clemson's Campus.
You will see it will automatically add the table from your Survey123 app.
When designing your interactive online map, you want to think about the functionality of your pop-up window for each feature layer. Think of the attributes that you would like to display and how you would like to display them. With ArcGIS Online, you can display numeric attributes as charts. You can also display phot
os, videos or website urls.
To change the pop-up window, click on the ... below your, and select Configure Pop-up. A new panel appears on the left of your screen: the Pop-up Properties panel.
- On the Title box, make sure to add your initials at the end of the file name left of your screen: the Pop-up Properties panel.
- On the Title box, make sure to add your initials at the end of the file name left of your screen: the Pop-up Properties panel.
- Change the Pop-up Title to: "Smoking Areas on Campus"
- Pop-up Contents:
Display: A list of field attributes
Click on Configure Attributes. Uncheck everything except for What is your opinion on allowing smoking cigarettes on Clemson's campus? and What is yo ur graduating year? Make sure the Use 1000 Separator box is checked for this field. Click OK.
- Click on SAVE POP-UP to save all your changes to your configuration window. Check your results. It should look something similar to the image below.
Try adding other layers to your map. Click on Add, Search for Layers, In: ArcGIS Online.
Search words: refugees, world population.
- World bank - Age and Population
- ESRI_Population_world
- World Bank - Gross Domestic Product
Saving your map
Saving your map
Once you configure your symbology and your pop-up window, you are ready to save your map. In this case, we only have one feature layer, but we will be adding vector and raster files to this map as we continue working through this workshop.
To save your map, go to the Save button and select Save As.
- Title: Designated Smoking areas on Clemson Campus
- Tags: clemson, smoking
- Summary: write a brief description of the purpose of your map
- Save in folder: leave the default.
Click on SAVE MAP. This will save the map in your ArcGIS Online account.
To review the items in your ArcGIS Online account, click on Home, and select My content. Notice you have three elements in your content:
To review the items in your ArcGIS Online account, click on Home, and select My content. Notice you have three elements in your content:
- The Web Map that is using that feature service with customized symbology and display properties. A Web map is made of services. Like in ArcMap, you can use the same dataset or feature service in different web maps.
You can decide to share each one of these three elements with a group of collaborators or with the public. Keep in mind that if you share a Web Map with the public, you have to share its feature services as well.
Embedding your web map into your website or blog
Embedding your web map into your website or blog
You can embed your web map into any website or blog as an interactive feature. To do this, go to My Content and click on the inverted triangle next to your feature service and select View item details.
Click the Share button and check Everyone (public) so you can make your layer public on the web. Click OK.
Go back to your content and open your web map, as displayed on the image on the right.
Select Open in ArcGIS.com map viewer.
Click on Share. A new window opens with the options to share this map. If you want to embed this map in a public website, you need to share the web map and the feature service that it is calling with the public.
Check the box next to Everyone (public) and click the Embed in website button.
In the new window that appears, check the size of your map that you would like to have in your website (large) and additional elements that you consider useful for the public (zoom control, scale bar, and legend).
Copy and paste the link into your website making sure you are editing your site in HTML mode. Your map should look something like this:
- You can change your Basemap to one that offers more contrast with your
data. On the left hand-side of your screen, click on Basemap and select the one you think it fits better, for example, Dark Gray Canvas.
Changing the pop-up window
Changing the pop-up window
Click on one of the symbols in your map and notice the default pop-up window. By
default, Arcgis Online displays every field from your attribute table.
Let's explore your feature service. In your content panel, click the ... to the right of your feature service layer as displayed in the image on the left. Select Zoom to. This action will display the extent of your features in the map.
For each record in our original table there is a corresponding location (red dots) in your map. Click on any dot on your map. Notice that each point as a pop-up window displaying the attributes in the original table for each country.
In our next steps we will be changing the symbology and the display window for this feature.
Changing the symbology
Changing the symbology
To change the symbology of your feature service, make sure the panel at the left of your screen is showing the Content of your map. Browse over your Designated Smoking Areas on Campus's layer and click the Change Style button below it.
- Choose an attribute to show: select the field Are you a smoker?
- Select a drawing style: select Types (Unique Symbol). Click on Options.
- Click on Symbols. Here you can change the shape of your symbol and color. Select the Fill option and choose different color for each options.
- Size: set to 12
- Transparency: Set the value between 10-15% .
Click OK. Press the Done button to go back to your map.
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