Methods: The first part of this lab involved downloading data and creating two static maps in ArcMap. First, I had to navigate through the US Census Bureau's website and clicking on "Advanced Search" and then "Show Me All". I wanted to narrow down the options to make them more specific and related to each other, so I clicked "Topics", expanded "Dataset", and selected "2010 SF1 100% Data". This gave me Census data from 2010. I wanted to narrow it down even more to give me data by county in Wisconsin so I clicked on "Geographies" and then "County". I selected Wisconsin and then "All Counties Within Wisconsin" and clicked "Add to your selections". This completed the search function, so now I could look for the specific data I wanted to find. The first data set I downloaded was "P1 for Total Population". I downloaded the data and extracted the files from the zipped folder. I opened the table "DEC_10_SF1_P1" in Excel and saved it as an Excel Workbook. This put it into a format where I was able to actually use the table in ArcMap. I then went back to the Census website to download the actual Wisconsin shapefile so I could actually map the data I had. Under the "Geographies" selection, I clicked the "Map" tab and then downloaded that map as a shapefile. I unzipped that file as well so I could work with it in ArcMap.
Now it was time to start working in ArcMap. I set up my environments to my personal lab 3 folder to set the default location for all new files. Then I added my Wisconsin shapefile, as well as the P1 table to the data frame. I needed to join the tables together, and the mutual field between them was GEO_ID so I right clicked on the shapefile and chose "Join" from my options. I joined it to the standalone table and then exported the data to create a new shapefile containing the data I needed from the standalone table. I added the new shapefile to the map and then removed the join between the other tables. I ran into trouble trying to map the population data because the field type was a string, so I create a new long integer field in my attribute table and used the field calculator to populate it with the data I needed. I then opened the symbology tab on that shapefile and under "Quantities" chose "Graduated Color" and mapped my population using a quantile classification method because I thought it best represented my data. I then repeated the above workflow with another dataset from the Census. This time I downloaded the data for housing units per Wisconsin county. I followed the same procedures as above in a new map file until I had mapped data of both Population and Housing. I then changed the projections of both of these data frames to be the NAD83 Wisconsin Central State Plane because I felt it best represented the area I wanted to display.
Once I had all of my data displayed how I wanted it, I switched from data view to layout view so I could complete my static maps. I added titles, scale bars, north arrows, source information, the date, my name, and legends. I did my best to display all of this in a way that would make it easier for people looking at the map to understand. I formatted the legend through its properties to make the numbers look better, and made it a size that was easy to read. I did this for both maps and then exported them as PDFs and JPEGs. The resulting maps can be found below.
For the second part of this lab I turned the map with the housing data into a dynamic map online. To do this, I first had to create a feature service through ArcMap. I signed into my enterprise account and then shared it as a published service to the "My Hosted Services" connection. I then unchecked "Tile Mapping" and checked "Feature Access" to ensure pop ups would be allowed on my web map.
I clicked the "Item Description" tab and entered a summary, description, and tags for my map. I then clicked "Sharing" and chose to share it with "UW-Eau Claire- Geography and Anthropology". I clicked the "Analyze" tool and then deleted any of the features that gave errors since they weren't needed. Then I was able to finalize publishing my service.
Then I signed into my ArcGis Online enterprise account through a web browser. I clicked on "My Content" and then saw the feature layer that I was just working with in ArcMap. I chose "Add layer to map". This opened it in an online geobrowser. I opened the "Configure pop up" window and chose the features I wanted to be displayed in the pop-up windows on the map. I chose to just leave the county names and number of houses because everything else seemed fairly irrelevant for my intended purposes of this map. I then saved it and shared it with "UW- Eau Claire- Geography and Anthropology". I have included a screenshot of what I was working on below.
Results:
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| This is the first map I made in this lab, showing the populations in Wisconsin per county in 2010. |
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| This is the second map I made in this lab, showing the units of housing in Wisconsin per county in 2010. This is the same data that I used for the dynamic map. |
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| This is a screenshot of the dynamic map as I was working on it in ArcGIS Online. |
Sources:
US Census Bureau (2016). American Fact Finder. Retrieved from http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
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