TABLE OF CONTENTS

Logging into Rice's ArcGIS Organization

OPTION 1: Login through Arcgis.com

1. Go to https://www.arcgis.com/index.html#.
2. Click 'sign in'.
3. Type in 'ricegis' for Your ArcGIS Organization's URL and click continue.
   
4. Click on 'Rice University' and log in with your NetID and NetID password. You will be prompted by Duo security. 

OPTION 2: Login through Ricegis.map.arcgis.com

1. Go to https://ricegis.maps.arcgis.com/.
2. Click "Rice University" and log in with your NetID and NetID password. You will be prompted by Duo security. 

Getting Started with ArcGIS Online

The ArgGIS Homepage 

Navigating the Homepage

1. On the ArcGIS Home page, click the Application Waffle (9 dots in a grid) to open the app options. Here you can view the available apps associated with the Rice University ArcGIS organization. Of note for beginners is the StoryMaps, a great tool for presenting a narrative around your maps and data, and Living Atlas, a collection of high quality geographic data that you can use to build your maps.  

1. On the top ribbon are the Groups and Content. Groups is for collaborative work and data sharing and content is where all the maps and data that you, Rice, and all of ESRI have created. 
2. Last, click the magnifying glass symbol (🔍) to conduct a quick Search of available content. Type "Houston" and hit Enter to search.

Uncheck the "Only search in Rice University" toggle to view the whole universe of content and data in ArcGIS Online. Try the search again with your own keyword(s). Note that you can filter by item type, sort by Relevence, Date, and popularity. 

Some data is marked as "Authoritative", meaning it has been flagged as coming from a reliable source. Author content is marked with the "Living Atlas" flag, which shows it is part of ESRI's curated collection of updated data. 

Navigating ArcGIS Web Maps 

1. Click the Maps button in the top ribbon to open your first Web Map. In this section we will go over how to navigate the map and the location of the basic functions. 
2. Use the mouse wheel scroll to zoom in or out and click and drag to the view. You can also use the "+" and "-" buttons in the bottom right of the screen. Try all three. 
3. For a more precise extent, hold down the shift key and select drag a rectangle around the United States. 
4. Rotate the map by right clicking and moving the mouse. Reset with the compass button. 
5. On the lefthand (dark) menu, select the Bookmark icon (6th from the top). Click "+Add bookmark" and title it "United States." 
6. What if we need to find a location we are unfamiliar with? Click the "🔍" button on the bottom left of the map and typle "Amarillo" into the search box. 

Overall we have two main menus in ArcGIS Online, the lefthand (dark) menu which generally applies to the whole map, and the righthand (light) menu which has specific functions based on what is currently selected. Both can be expanded and collapsed using the Expand/Collapse ">>" arrows at the bottom corners of the page. 

Adding a Sketch Layer and Modifying the Basemap 

Scetch Layers

Sketch layers allow you to quickly add points, lines, or polygons to mark points of interest. You can also add text to the map. 

1. Click the "+" button in the righthand menu, then click "Create Sketch Layer."
2. Add a Pin for Fondren Library (use either the Search funciton or map). Add a Pin for your apartment, house, or college. 
3. Add Text for Rice University
   1. Editing the Sketch Layer. Click the "Edit" in the righthand menu to configure already placed points. 
   2. Add a title in the "Pop ups" section. Add an image from a web-hosted layer. 
   3. Why Use it? Sketch layers are fast and easy to add to the map, however, their total functionality is limited as 
4. Adjusting the Visibility and Transparency of a layer. Turning layers off/on
   1. Visibility range
   2. Transparency 
   3. Turning Layers Off/On 👁️

Modifying the Basemap

The basemap is a background reference image that provides context for your data. The basemaps here are created by ESRI. 

1. Click the fourth "Basemap" button on the righthand menu. 
2. Select a new basemap for your Web Map from the ist provided. 
3. Click the "Current basemap" to toggle the visibility of any basemap off and on. 

Adding Data to a Map

Adding data is the best way to use publicly available data for visualization or analysis. Or, as a starting point for creating your own data. 

1. To search for data click the "Add +" button, "Browse Layers"
   1. My Content, 
   2. Living Atlas
2. Search "ACS" ACS Vehicle Availability
3. METRO Bus Stops

Grouping and Ungrouping Layers

Renaming Layers

Removing Layers

You can also duplicate a layer 

Create a filter and Adust Visibility

Visualizing Data

Duplicate Layer, Rename Layer (Total Households)

Select a Field

1. Example: Total Area
2. Example: Total Households
   1. Useful! Let's Duplicate and Save 
3. Example No, 1, 2, 3, 4+ Vehicles 
   1. Show the "auto-pick" of the symbology
4. Example: No Vehicle Available
   1. Modify
   2. Gradiatn Colors, Style Options
      1. Theme, High-to-Low, Above-and-Below
      2. Color Scheme
      3. Histogram of Data
      4. Classify Data
   3. Add a normalization field. Divide by Total Households

What's in a Layer? 

1. Open the Layer Attribute Table
2. Use the table to find the 10 highest values for the Percent of households with no vehicle available field.
   These tracts have values above 36.8 percent.
3. Add a Filter to highlight important data

Quickly Add another Layer

1. "COH Metro"

Play around with Styles

1. Gradiatn Colors
   1. Theme
   2. Color Scheme
   3. Classify Data

Save and Sharing Settings

Breakout Room

1. Go to “Living Atlas” and search “ACS”
2. Create a new map by and repeat what we did with a topic and location of your choice.
3. Be ready to share with your partner and the class.

ACS

ArgGIS Living Atlas

ArgGIS StoryMaps

Goals:

• Navigate AGOL
• Create a Web Map 
• Add and manage data on a webmap
• Customize Symbology to illustrate a geospatial problem
  • If Time, adding a chart to the map, add charts to popups
• If Time, upload a 

Intro: 

• New Material
• Example Map
• Breakout Rooms Map

Temp Outline

1. How to navigate ArcGIS Online
   1. Menus, apps, content, settings
2. How to Add a Sketch Layer
3. How to Add Data
   1. Change Order of Layers
   2. Create a Layer Group
4. How to configure Popups
5. Adding Data (requires Publisher?)
   1. Add a SS
   2. Add a Media Layer
6. Sharing Your Map

FUTURE: Creating a Layer with Lat/Long, Creating a Layer with Georeferencings (After upgrading everyone to publisher)

Future: Explaining Point, Line, Polygon. Vecter/Raster/Image

Future: Popups and Charts 

Navigating a Layer Data

Layers:

"ACS Vehicle Availability" ESRI

COH METRO BUS STOPS

Houston Census Tract Demographics

Houston Freeways

Operations:

Summarize Within