Reese's GIS Expedition

This week, in the second GIS Programming lab, was about  Python Fundamentals . In this lab we expanded more on what was learned in the previous lab and tried to code some python ourselves. The results of which you can see below. So looking at this it may all be confusing with all these numbers and rolls, but please allow me to explain. The first part of the lab had us print our last name from a created list, that is why you see LeForce, my last name, at the top. This flowchart shows how I managed to accomplish this function. The second part with the rolls was actually a bit of debugging to make the provided code that we were given to work. This involved two lines of code that needed to be changed or adding a function to the data. The last part with all the numbers was a bit more advanced and had us generate a list of 20 numbers all ranging from 0 to 10. We also had to then make another script to then delete an unlucky number of our choice. I chose 7 as it would be a nice inversion ...

     This week, in the first GIS Programming lab, was about Python Environments and Flowcharts.      In this module, it was an introduction to executing and performing simple Python scripts. Whether it was trying Idle and ArcGIS notebook to execute 'hello world' code, to making flowcharts on how to execute code, it was a good lab to lay the foundation for Python learning.       First, I would like to share my process summary from this lab.       For these weeks lab, it is a simpler assignment as all that is required is to run the python code given, ‘CreateModFolders.py’. So, to start the lab we retrieve the code from this week’s module folder in the R: drive. Once we have the code, we place it in the base area, or more accurately homepage, of our S: drive.      Once there, I go and enter python command prompt into the windows search bar to get the command prompt open. Then I type in idle in order to ope...

This week, in the seventh and final Computer Cartography lab, was about Google Earth.  In this module focused more about utilizing Google Earth alongside ArcGIS. What first was done was making a shapefile within ArcGIS and turning it into a KMZ file that Google Earth could use. From there the map you see below was made with other provided data and files from the school.  In the second part of lab, we then placed labels for each important area in South Florida and were able to make a short video displaying the data. All of it was pretty cool and easy to intuitively use, and I wish I had more to share than just the single map. Overall, while a smaller lab size, it was very enjoyable to work on.