Lab 5 - ADXY and Geocoding

 

Snip of Web map for Location of Schools
 in Manatee County, Fl. 

This week was a very challenging week in my GIS world! In previous labs, we were given data to insert into our maps. This week, we gathered information from the internet transferred and sorted in into an excel spreadsheet. 

For the AD XY lab we used Excel to not only sort the data, but also to insert an equation that converted the data points from degrees, minutes, and seconds to decimal degrees that would be easily mapped. 

Overall, the addition of raw data points from an excel sheet was a simple, straightforward process. However, it became quite clear how the simple misplacement of a parenthesis in a formula was enough to set my values off and place my coordinate points in the wrong location. 

For the Geocoding portion of the lab, transferring, parsing, and cleaning the data was a very rewarding experience. This is where I learned that the use of desktop Excel was superior to the web Excel option. After multiple tries, I was able to clean my data and transfer seamlessly into GIS Pro. 

In both labs, we practiced the projection of one coordinate system to another, how to conduct searches by attributes, amongst working with some other common tools. 

Lastly, we created an interactive web map where were matched the addresses of each school in Manatee County to their geographic location on earth; a skill known as geocoding. There was some troubleshooting to be done such finding points that were not matched to their geographic location, but overall, this was my favorite part of the lab. 

Overall, this lab gave a more "in the real world" experience and ultimately made me feel confident about creating and manipulating my own data.

Please visit my web map link at https://arcg.is/zSnLm!