Module 1, Lesson 1 The basics and geographic inquiry...

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Module1,Lesson1ThebasicsandgeographicinquirymethodThiscomputeractivitywillshowyouhowtostarttheArcGISOnlineprogram.YouwillbeguidedthroughthebasicsofusingArcGISOnlinemapviewertoexploremaps.Afteryoudothisactivity,youwillbepreparedtocompleteotherGISactivities.Task1:Openthemap

1. Launchaninternetbrowser.a) Gotothislink:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=8bbb186907f5421682383f0cb90b6e7aAmapdocumenthasbeencreatedforyoutouseinthisexercise.Whenthemapdocumentopens,youseeamapoftheworld.TheArcGISOnlineMapViewertitleisinthetopleftcornerofthewindow.

2. ClickontheModifyMaplink.

3. Ifyouwouldliketocompletethislessonandsaveyourwork,clickontheSaveAsbutton,provideyourloginandpasswordandprovideanewnameforyourMap.Ifyoudonotwanttosaveyourwork,proceedtoStep4withoutclickingontheSaveAsbutton.



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4. ClickontheShowContentsofMapatthetopoftheContentsareaontheleftofthemap.

5. LookattheArcGISOnlinemapwindowandobservethefollowing:• Ontherightsideyouseeamap.• Ontheleftsideyouseeacolumnthatdisplaysthelegendforthemap.• Inthetoprightcorneryouwillseea“ModifyMap”link.

6. LookatthetopoftheArcGISOnlinemapviewerwindowandnoticethedifferentbuttons.Youwillusesomeofthesebuttonsasyouprogressthroughthislesson.

Task2:EnlargetheArcGISOnlinewindowIftheArcGISOnlineMapViewerwindowissmallwhenthemapdocumentfirstopens,youmaywishtoenlargeit.

7. Intheupperrightcorner(PC)orupperleftcorner(Mac)ofyourArcGISOnlinewindowthere

arethreebuttons.Clickthemiddlebutton(PC)ortherightgreenbutton(Mac).PC

Mac

NowtheArcGISOnlineMapViewerwindowfillsyourwholescreen.

Note:ifyouhaveissuessavingyourdocument,gotothislinkandfollowfurtherinstructions.http://education.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=431f6bc3b0474f5e8933f8ba81bdc925



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YoucanalsochangethesizeofyourArcGISOnlinewindowbystretchingit.Stretchingthewindowinsteadofmaximizingitallowsyoutoorganizeotherwindowsanddialogboxesastheyappear.

8. PlacethecursoronanycorneroftheArcGISOnlinewindowthatisnotattheedgeofyour

screen.Thecursorchangestoadiagonaldouble-headedarrow.ClickanddragthewindowoutwarduntiltheArcGISOnlinewindowfillsabouttwo-thirdsofthescreen.Letgoofthemousebutton.

Task3:WorkwithlayersInArcGISOnlineMapViewer,amapismadeupoflayers.

9. LookattheContentsareaontheleftofthemapandobservethefollowing:

• Therearesixlayers:LargeCitiesgreaterthan100K,LargeCities,Rivers,Lakes,andCountriesandBasemapCoordinateSystem.

• Eachlayerexceptthelastlayer(BasemapCoordinateSystem)hasasmallboxinfrontofit.• TheboxforCountriesischecked.• Theotherboxesinfrontofthelayersareunchecked.

Nextyouwilllearnhowtoturnlayersoffandonandhowtochangetheirorder.

10. ClickthecheckmarknexttoLargeCities.ThecheckmarkshowsupandtheLargeCitiesaroundtheworlddisplays.

Thisiscalledturningonalayer.

11. ClickthecheckmarknexttoLargeCitiesagain,andthedisplayofLargeCitiesonthemaparea

alsodisappears.

12. ClicktheboxnexttotheLargeCitieslayertoturniton.

13. TurnontheRiversandLakeslayers.



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Answerstoquestionsinthisactivityshouldberecordedontheanswersheet.

Q1:WhichlayersareturnedonintheContentsandvisibleonthemap?Task4:ThegeographicinquiryprocessMuchlikescientificanalysis,geographicinquiryinvolvesaprocessofaskingquestionsandlookingforanswers.Thegeographicinquiryprocessconsistsofthefollowingfivesteps:

Innextpartofthisactivity,youwilllearnhowmapsandGIScanhelpyouinthegeographicinquiryprocess.Atthesametime,youwillbepracticingArcGISOnlineskills.

Task5:AskageographicquestionanddevelopahypothesisYoumightlookatamapandthenthinkofaquestionthatitmighthelpyouanswer.OryoumightthinkofthequestionfirstandthenlookformapsorGISlayersthatmighthelpyouanswerthequestion.Inthislessonyouwilltrytoanswerthefollowinggeographicquestion:Dothenumberofphonelinesvaryproportionatelywiththenumberofpeopleamongtheworld’smostpopulouscountries?

! Q2:Whatmakesthisageographicquestion?



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! Q3:Writeahypothesisthatanswersthegeographicquestion,asyouwouldforanyscientific

inquiry. Ahypothesisisaneducatedguess.Yourhypothesismayberightorwrongintheend.Thegoalisnottoknowtheanswerbeforeyoustartyourresearchbuttohaveakindof“ballparkidea”orhunchaboutwhattheanswermightbe.Yourresearchwillhelpyoudeterminewhetheryourhypothesisislikelytrueorfalse.

Task6:AddalayertoyourmapNext,youneedtoidentifythekindofinformationthatwillhelpyouansweryourquestion.YouwanttodisplaythisdataaslayersinyourArcGISOnlinemap.

14. TurnofftheRiversandLakeslayers.

15. ClickontheAddDatadownarrowandSearchforLayers.

16. MakesureArcGISOnlineischosenintheIn:box.

17. ThentypeinWorldCountriesPhonesintheFindboxandclickonGo.

18. ChooseAddtoaddlayer.



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19. ClicktheDONEADDINGLAYERSbuttonatthebottomoftheContents.

! Q4:Whatisthenameofthelayerthathasbeenaddedtoyourtableofcontents?

! Q5:Canyouguessastowhatdatathislayerhasinitbyitsname?

Task7:ExploretheWorldPhoneLinesLandmapCurrentlytheWorldCountriesPhoneslayerisonecolor.Youwillthematicallymap(mapbycolor)thelayerthatwillarrangethedataforthecountriesbycolorfromlighttodark.Thiswillenableyoutovisuallyexplorethedata.

20. HoveroverWorldCountriesPhonesslayerandclickontheChangeStylebutton.

Note:Ifatanytimethecountriesdon’tfitontopofthemap,zoomoutandzoominonceandtheywilllayeroneontopoftheother.



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21. ChangeChooseanattributetoshowtoPHONLNS.

NotetheCountsandAmounts(Color)drawingstyleisnowchosen.

22. ClickonOPTIONS.

23. ClickonSymbolsandchoosetheorangecolorrampinthesixthrowofcolorramps.

24. ClickOK.

25. PlacecheckmarkinClassifyDataboxandchooseNaturalBreaksand5classesfromthepulldownmenus.



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26. Clickonthe-99atthebottomofthecoloredhistogramandtypeina0toeliminateany-99(nulldata)fromyourclassifications.

27. Choose100000forRoundclassestomakethenumberseasiertoread.

28. Placecheckmarkin“Drawfeatureswithoutofrangeornovalue”toensurethatthe-99(nulldata)willbeseparatedinyourcolorramp.

29. ClickOKtoacceptcolorrampchangesandDonetoexitChangeStyle.

30. HoveroverWorldCountriesPhoneslayerandclickonthethreeellipsesthatappear,clickonRename,andtypeinWorldPhoneLinesLand–PHONLNS.

31. HoveroverthelayernameWorldPhoneLinesLand–PHONLNSandclickonthenamelinkto

expandthelegendforthatlayer.Lookatthemapyouhavenowandanswerthefollowingquestionsbylookingatthechangeinthecolorramp(lightnesstodarkness).



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! Q6:WhatcolorinthelegendfortheWorldPhoneLinesLandlayerindicatescountrieswiththefewestphonelines?

! Q7:Whatcolorindicatescountrieswiththemostphonelines?

! Q8:Whatcolorindicatescountrieswithnodataavailableforthislayer?Noticethatthecolorsinthelegendchangegraduallyfromlightesttodarkest.Thenameforthistypeoflegendisagraduatedcolorlegend.

! Q9:Doesanyotherlayerinyourmaphaveagraduatedcolorlegend?

Toanswerthefollowingquestions,youwillneedtomakeacopyoftheWorldCountrieslayer.

32. HoverontheWorldPhoneLinesLand–PHONLNSlayerandclickonthethreeellipses.Clickoncopytomakeacopyofthislayer.

33. FollowSteps19–29tocolorthenewmaplayerusingtheseChangeSymbolschoices.RemembertoclickontheOKandDonebuttonstoapplyyournewgraduatedcoloring.

34. ClickonOKandDone.

35. HoveroverWorldPhoneLinesLand–PHONLNSCopylayerandclickonthethreeellipsesthatappear,clickonRename,andtypeinWorldCountriesPopulation–POP2007.

Youwillnowturnlayersonorofftoidentifyandfindoutacountry’sname.Toidentifyacountryname,clickonthecountryshape.Youmayneedtoclickonthearrowinthetoprightcorneroftheidentifywindowuntilyoucometothecountryname.

AttributetoShow:

POP2007

Symbols: BlueRampClassifyData:By

NaturalBreaks

ClassifyData:With

5Classes

Round 100000NoValue: CheckMark



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36. ClickontheWorldCountriesPopulation–POP2007layernametodisplaythelegend.

! Q10:Whichtwocountrieshavethemostphonelines?

! Q11:Onwhichcontinentaremostofthecountrieswiththefewestphonelines?

! Q12:Whichtwocountrieshavethelargestpopulations?

! Q13:Namethetwocountriesthatareinthesamepopulationclass(color)astheUnited

States.

! Q14:Whichofthetwocountries,ifany,areinthesamephonelineclass(color)astheUnitedStates?

37. ClickontheUnitedStatesonthemap.

38. Readthegeographicquestionagain.

Geographicquestion:Dothenumberofphonelinesvaryproportionatelywiththenumberofpeopleamongtheworld’smostpopulouscountries?

39. ScrolldownslowlyintheIdentifywindowandlookatthedifferentfields.

! Q15:Whattwofieldsmighthelpinansweringthegeographicquestion?

40. ClosetheIdentifypopupwindow.Task8:InvestigatetherelationshipbetweenphonelinesandpopulationinChina

41. ClickintheFindaddressorplacewindowatthetoprightofthemapandtypeinChina.



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Chinawillbecenteredonthemap.

42. ClickonChinatoopentheIdentifywindow.

! Q16WhatwasthepopulationofChinain2007?

! Q17HowmanyphonelinesdidChinahavein2007?(ScrolldownandlookforthePHONLNSattribute.)

Remembernottoworryaboutthedisparitybetweenthepopulationyearandtheyearthatphonelinedatawascollected.

43. ClosetheIdentifypopupwindow.

44. Onyourcomputer,clickStart,Programs,Accessories,Calculator(PC)ortheApplicationsfolder(Mac)tostartthecalculator.

45. DividethepopulationofChinabythenumberofphonelines.ThisnumberisthephonelinedensityorthenumberofpeopleperphonelinesinChina.

! Q18:WhatwasthenumberofpeopleperphonelineinChina?(Roundofftheresulttothe

nearesttwodecimalplaces.)Task9:Investigatetherelationshipbetweenpopulationandphonelinesforallcountriesinthelist

46. Enterthepopulation,phonelines,andphonelinedensityforChinaontheanswersheetonQ19.(Thesenumbershavebeenenteredforyouasanexample.)

! Q19:Foreachcountryinthetable,whatisthepopulation,numberofphonelines,and

numberofpeopleperphoneline?(UseSteps25–29tofilloutthetable.) Task10:Analyzetheresultsofyourresearch

! Q20:Inthetableontheanswersheet,thecolumnontheleftranksthecountriesbypopulationfromhighesttolowest.Inthecolumnontheright,rankthecountriesfromthelowestnumberofpeopleperphonelinetothehighestnumberofpeopleperphoneline,usingthedatafromQ18.Thendrawlinesconnectingthenameofeachcountryinonecolumnwiththenameofthesamecountryintheothercolumn.

L2 ! Q21:Whichcountryhasthefewestpeopleperphoneline?Whatisthenumberofpeopleper

phonelineinthiscountry?



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! Q22:HowdoesthecountryinQ21rankinpopulationsizeamongtheeightcountriesinyour

table?

! Q23:Whichcountryhasthemostpeopleperphoneline?Whatisthenumberofpeopleperphonelineinthiscountry?

! Q24:HowdoesthecountryinQ23rankinpopulationsizeamongtheeightcountriesinyourtable?

! Q25:WhatisthepopulationofJapan?WhatisthenumberofpeopleperphonelineinJapan?

! Q26:Whatcountryhasthemostphonelines?Howdoesthenumberofpeopleperphonelineinthiscountrycomparewiththenumbersofpeopleperphonelineinthesevenothercountriesinyourtable?

! Q27:RussiaandPakistanhaveaboutthesamenumberofpeople.Whydoyousupposethesetwocountrieshavesuchdifferentnumbersofpeopleperphoneline?Whatfactorsdoyouthinkcontributetothisdisparity?

! Q28:Whatistheanswertothegeographicquestion:Dothenumberofphonelinesvaryproportionatelywiththenumberofpeopleamongtheworld’smostpopulouscountries?

! Q29:Compareyourinitialhypothesis(Q2)withyouranswerinQ28.Howdoesyourhypothesiscomparewithyouranswertothegeographicquestion?

Task11:Developaplanofaction Thelaststepofthegeographicinquiryprocessistoactonwhatyouhavelearned.Youractionplanmightbesimplytorepeattheprocess;thinkingaboutwhatyou’velearnedoftenleadstodeeper,moreinterestinggeographicquestions.Imaginethatyouareanexpertspecializingintelecommunications.YouneedtodeviseaplanforChina,



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Brazil,Indonesia,ortheUnitedStatesthatdealseffectivelywiththebasicconcernofyouroriginalgeographicquestion.Todevelopaneffectiveplan,youmayneedtoconductfurtherresearchonthephonesystemwithinyourcountry.Ifyoudecided,forinstance,thatincreasingthenumberofphonelinesoperatinginyourchosencountrywouldimprovethequalityoflifethere,youcouldcomeupwithawrittenplanofactionfortelecommunicationsofficials,pointingoutstrengthsandweaknesses,andexplainingwhereandwhyexpansionwouldbemostbeneficial.

! Q30:Whatcountrydidyouchoose?UsetheinformationinthetableinQ20todescribethephonelinesituationinyourchosencountry.

! Q31:Doyouthinkthatincreasingthenumberofphonelinesoperatinginyourchosencountrywouldimprovethequalityoflifethere?Whyorwhynot?

! Q32:Listthreeconcernsyouhaveaboutincreasingthenumberofphonelinesinyourchosencountry.

! Q33:Listtwonewgeographicquestionsthatyouwouldliketoinvestigatetohelpyoudevelopasoundplan.

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