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In this lesson, you'll create a map that shows hurricane evacuation routes in Houston, Texas. First, you'll create a map and locate Houston, Texas. Then, you'll add a map layer that shows evacuation routes. Lastly, you'll change the way your map and layers look to better display the data.
Begin a map
You'll begin your map by signing in to ArcGIS Online and navigating to your area of interest: Houston, Texas.
- Sign in to ArcGIS Online.
Note:
If you don't have an ArcGIS account, you can sign up for a free public account or an ArcGIS free trial.
- On the ribbon, click the Map tab.
Note:
Depending on your organizational and user settings, you may have opened Map Viewer Classic, formerly known as Map Viewer. ArcGIS Online offers two map viewers for viewing, using, and creating maps. For more information on the map viewers available and which to use, please see this FAQ.This lesson uses Map Viewer.
- If necessary, in the pop-up window, click Open in New Map Viewer or on the ribbon, click Open in New Map Viewer.
- If necessary, in the pop-up, click OK.
Tip:
If you're in a new session, clicking Map will open a new map. Otherwise, it will open an existing map (the last map you were using). If an existing map opens, click New Map.
Your map's appearance varies based on your account or organizational settings and your browser window size. It may show the United States (such as in the example image), the world, or another extent. The only layer on the map is the basemap, which provides geographic context such as water bodies and political boundaries. The default basemap is Topographic, but your map may have a different basemap depending on your organization's settings.
On either side of the map are the toolbars. The Contents (dark) toolbar allows you to manage and view the map contents and work with the map. The Settings (light) toolbar allows you to access tools and options for configuring and interacting with map layers and other map components. The Layers pane is also open. As you add data to your map, it will be listed here. Next, you'll navigate to your area of interest.
- On the Settings (dark) toolbar, click Search.
- In the search box, type Houston and choose Houston, TX, USA from the list of suggested locations.
Note:
Some ArcGIS organizations have custom address locators. You may encounter different search results than those in the example image.
The map zooms to Houston. A Search result pop-up confirms the location.
- Close the Search result pop-up.
Add a layer
Next, you'll add a layer to your map that shows hurricane evacuation routes in Houston. You'll add this layer from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, a collection of curated geographic data from around the globe.
- If necessary, on the Contents (dark) toolbar, click Layers.
- In the Layers pane, click Add layer.
- Click My Content and select Living Atlas.
The layer you want to add is owned by the Federal User Community, an ArcGIS account that contains United States governmental data. You can find the layer more easily by adding the name of the layer's owner to the search terms.
- In the search box, type Hurricane Evacuation Routes. Then, type owner:Federal_User_Community and press Enter.
- For the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer, click the Add button.
The layer is added to the map and the Properties pane opens.
The routes are displayed as red lines that travel throughout the city. The line thickness and color show the different types of roads. The dark red lines show major interstates while the lighter red lines show state highways. While these lines are visible, you'll change the basemap to one with a lighter color scheme so the routes stand out better.
- On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click the Basemap button.
The Basemap pane appears. It lists basemaps that you can choose to add to your map.
- In the Basemap pane, find and choose Light Gray Canvas.
Note:
Some ArcGIS organizations may have different default basemaps. If you don't see the Light Gray Canvas basemap, at the bottom of the pane, click Living Atlas. Search for Light Gray and add the Light Gray Canvas web map.
The basemap updates. The evacuation routes stand out much more against the lighter-colored, less-detailed basemap.
Navigate the map
Before you continue, it's a good idea to explore the map and familiarize yourself with Houston's geography. With a better understanding of the area, you'll be better informed to make decisions and draw conclusions later on. Before you explore, you'll create a bookmark of the current extent so you can quickly return to it when needed.
- On the Contents toolbar, click Bookmarks and choose Add Bookmark.
- For Title, type Houston and click Add.
The bookmark is added. You can choose this bookmark to automatically navigate to the map extent where the bookmark was created.
- Close the Bookmarks pane.
You're now ready to explore the city.
Houston has several major bayous (flat, low-lying marshes or wetlands) that run through the city. During a hurricane, these bayous are prone to flooding and can become especially dangerous. You may want to keep this area in mind when you later identify high-risk areas.
- Zoom in to the center of the city, near the Houston label, until the Buffalo and Brays Bayous appear on the map.
Tip:
There are several ways to zoom. You can click the Zoom In button in the corner of the map or scroll up with the mouse wheel. Alternatively, you can press Shift while drawing a box around the area you want to zoom to.
These bayous bisect the city, crossing several major roads and intersections. When flooded, these bayous can cause serious challenges to infrastructure.
Note:
If your organization uses the vector tile version of the Light Gray Canvas basemap, it's possible that you may not be able to see the labels for the bayous on the map.
- Add a bookmark for the current map extent. Name the bookmark Bayous.
- In the Bookmarks pane and choose Houston.
Change the style
Although the evacuation routes stand out more against the light basemap, they could be even more eye-catching. You'll change the layer's style, also known as its symbology, to give the routes a brighter color and a thicker line width.
- In the Layers pane, make sure the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer is selected.
- On the Settings (dark) toolbar, click Styles.
The Styles pane appears. Layers can have either a single symbol or multiple symbols based on attribute information such as names or speed limits. You'll learn more about attribute information later. Currently, the roads are being drawn based on their classification, but you're only interested in showing the location of roads, so you'll symbolize the layer with a single symbol.
- For Try a drawing style, click Location (single symbol).
The Road Classification attribute and Types (unique symbols) options are removed.
- For Location (Single symbol), click Style options.
The Style options pane opens. You'll change the color and size of the symbol itself.
- For Symbol style, click the line symbol.
A window appears with a color palette and other options. None of these color options are exactly what you want, so you'll select a custom color by entering a six-character hexadecimal code.
- On the color palette, expand Custom color. For Hex, type or paste 004C73 and press Enter.
After you choose the color, the custom color changes to a shade of dark blue. Now, you'll make the line thicker to stand out better on the map.
- Expand Stroke and change Width to 3 px.
The map updates with the new line color and width settings.
With the thicker, brighter symbol, the routes are eye-catching and stand out.
The routes layer is a feature layer, which means it consists of individual features with distinct characteristics. In this case, each route segment is a feature. You can view a feature's characteristics, also known as its attribute information, by clicking the feature on the map and opening its pop-up.
- Close the Line window. In the Style options pane, click Done, and in the Styles pane, click Done.
- Click a segment of an evacuation route.
Its pop-up appears.
From the pop-up, you learn the name of the route (in the example image, I-45), as well as whether the route is paved and what type of road it is. The owner of the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer specifically configured this pop-up to present attribute information in a clear and readable way. You'll learn how to configure pop-ups in a later lesson.
- Click a few more route segments to view their pop-ups. When finished, close the pop-up.
Add demographic data
Next, you'll determine areas of the city that are likely in need of evacuation assistance. To do so, you'll add a layer containing demographic data by census tract. United States census tracts divide counties into smaller geographic areas, which are useful for revealing spatial patterns.
- In the Layers pane click Add Layer.
Unlike the routes layer, the demographic data you'll add isn't in ArcGIS Living Atlas. Instead, it's owned by the Learn ArcGIS administrator account.
- At the top of the pane, click My Content and choose ArcGIS Online.
- In the search box, clear any existing search text and type Houston Census Tract Demographics owner:Learn_ArcGIS. Press Enter.
- Add the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer.
Note:
It may take a few moments for the layer to appear on the map.
The layer is added to the map. It's styled by location and shows all census tracts with a single color. Right now, the layer doesn't tell you anything or provide any insight into areas in need of evacuation assistance.
- In the Add layer pane, click the Back button to return to the Layers pane.
The new layer is listed in the Layers pane above the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer you previously added.
Layers are drawn on the map in the same order they appear in the Layers pane. In your map, the evacuation routes are partially covered by the census tracts because the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer is above the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer in the Contents pane (you can still see the routes somewhat because the census tracts layer is transparent). To better see the routes, you'll reorder the layers.
- In the Layers pane, click and drag the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer above the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer.
The layers are reordered and the evacuation routes layer is now visible on top of the census tracts on the map.
Next, you'll look at the layer's attributes. Every layer has a table that contains all attribute data about the geographic features in the layer. You'll view the table for the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer to find data that will help you identify areas that are vulnerable during a hurricane.
- In the Layers pane, for the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer, click Open actions and choose Show Table.
The layer's attribute table appears. Each row in the table represents a feature (in this case, a census tract area). The columns, or fields, provide different types of information about the census tract features. For example, the ID field contains a code that represents the state, county, and census tract identifier for each census tract feature, and the Total Owner/Renter Households (ACS 2013-2017) field shows the total number of households in each tract.
- If necessary, use the scroll bar at the bottom of the table to scroll all the way to the right.
- Locate the Percent of Households without a Vehicle field.
Tip:
To see the full attribute name, resize the column width or point to the header.
This field shows the percentage of households in each tract that do not own a vehicle. Areas with a high percentage of people who don't own vehicles might need help evacuating, so you'll style the layer using the values in this field.
- Close the table.
- In the Layers pane, make sure the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer is selected. On the Settings toolbar, click the Styles button.
The Styles pane appears. When you styled a layer previously, you styled evacuation routes with a single symbol based on location. This time, you'll choose an attribute and style the census tracts with multiple symbols.
- For Choose attributes, click + Field and choose Percent of Households without a Vehicle (ACS 2013-2017). Click Add.
Based on the attribute you chose, several styles become available. The list of available styles is determined by your type of data, a process known as smart mapping. In this case, one of the recommended smart mapping style is Counts and Amounts (Color). This style symbolizes each census tract with a different color based on households without a vehicle.
- For Try a drawing style, click the Counts and Amounts (color) option.
The map redraws to show the Counts and Amounts (colors) style. The colors are based on a color ramp called High to low. Census tracts with the lowest values have a light color, while those with the highest values have a dark color.
Note:
Your default colors may differ from those in the example image.
The default color ramp can make it difficult to see the evacuation routes in areas with high percentages, so you'll change the color ramp to ensure all layers remain visible throughout the map.
- For Counts and Amounts (colors) click Style options.
- For Symbol style, click the current color ramp (light blue to dark blue).
A window appears with options to change the fill color and outline of the symbols on the map. You'll choose a blue-themed color ramp to match the evacuation routes.
- For Fill, in the color ramp selector, click the blue-to-gray color ramp, Blue 7.
The new color ramp is applied to the map.
In this map, census tracts with a higher-than-average percentage of households without a vehicle stand out in blue. Based on the legend, the average percentage is about 6 percent. A clear pattern of limited access to vehicles stands out in downtown Houston, close to the geographic center of the city. These census tracts would likely benefit the most from increased evacuation assistance, such as public transportation.
- Click Done twice to close the Styles panes.
Now that the layer is styled to show the percentage of households without a vehicle, you'll give it a more descriptive name.
- In the Layers pane, for the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer, click Open actions and choose Rename.
- In the Rename window, type Percentage of Households Without a Vehicle and click OK.
The layer name updates in the Layers pane.
Save and share the map
Next, you'll save your evacuation map and assign it a title, tags, and a summary to make it easy to find and identify later. Then, you'll share the map to make it accessible.
- On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click the Save button.
The Save Map window appears.
Note:
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- For Title, type Houston Evacuation Map and add your initials to make the title unique.
Next, you'll add tags. Tags are terms that allow users to search for your map on ArcGIS Online.
- For Tags, type each of the following tags, pressing Enter after each one:
- Hurricanes
- Roads
- Evacuation Routes
- Houston
Finally, you'll add a summary. The summary appears on your map's details page and should provide information about the map so users better understand your map's purpose.
- For Summary, type This map shows hurricane evacuation routes in Houston, Texas.
- Click Save map.
The map saves. It now appears in your account's content. You can access your content by clicking ArcGIS (public account) or the options button next to the map's name (organizational account) and choosing Content. For now, you'll set the sharing permissions.
- On the Content toolbar, click the Share map button.
- In the Share window, select Everyone (public) and click Save.
Create a web app
You finished your web map by adding and styling demographic data to show census tracts with a high percentage of households without vehicles. Next, you'll use your map to create a web app. A web app is a customized user interface that enhances your map's appearance, adds (or removes) functionality, and helps you integrate the map with other media. You can choose from a variety of configurable templates, depending on how you want to display your map. You simply want to showcase your map to the public, so you'll configure a Basic Viewer app template with only a few standard navigation tools.
- On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click the Create app button and choose Instant Apps.
The Instant Apps gallery appears. You want your map to be the primary focus of your app. You also want to show the legend, pop-up information, and a map description. For these purposes, you'll use the Minimalist app.
- On the Minimalist card, click Choose.
The Create App - Minimalist window appears. Before you configure the app, you must specify its title, tags, and summary. By default, the app has the same information as the web map used to create it. You'll change the title to better represent what you intend the map to emphasize and leave the other parameters unchanged.
- Change Title to At-Risk Population in Houston.
- Click Configure App. If necessary, close the Welcome to the App window.
Configure the app
Next, you'll change elements of the app's presentation to better communicate the map's story to users. There are four tabs of configurable parameters available for Express Setup. Since you've already selected the Houston map, you'll skip to the second step. 5d planner free download.
- In the Express Setup pane, click Step 2. About.
The About pane opens. In this pane, you can change the name of the application, which by default is the same as the map.
- For App title, type or paste At-Risk Population in Houston.
In this pane, you can also control which widgets appear when it is first launched.
- For Select which panel to open at start, confirm Legend Panel is selected. For Legend panel and Pop-up panel toggle the buttons on and toggle the other options off.
Setting Legend Panel as the default panel will ensure that people viewing your app know what data they're looking for on the map.
- Click Next.
The Interactivity pane appears. On this pane, you can set different user navigation features, like search and bookmarks. Since you have set two bookmarks showing different zoom extents of the city, you'll enable this option. You'll turn off Search, though, since app users are already at your area of interest.
- In the Interactivity pane, turn on the Bookmarks option. Turn off Search.
- Click Next.
The pane updates to the Theme & Layout pane.
The final step of app configuration is choosing the theme and layout. In this pane, you can select different color options and places where you want the widgets to show. By default, the theme of the application is Light, which matches your basemap. You'll make one change to the widgets, though. The Bookmarks widget is currently in the opposite corner from the zoom control widgets. You'll move it to the top left next to the Home button and Zoom controls widgets so that users can more easily find the widget.
- For Manage Widget Positions, point to the grid on the Bookmarks option and drag it to the bottom of the Top Left column.
On the app, the bookmarks widget is now shown under the Zoom controls and Home button widgets.
- In the preview, test your app's functionality. Navigate the map and click the various buttons in the user interface.
When you're happy with your app configuration, you'll publish it so that you can share it.
- At the bottom of the Express Setup pane, click Publish, then click Confirm.
A success window confirms that the app is published. Your app is not public yet, so it is replaced by the Share window.
- In the Share window, for The app is not share with the public, click Change Share Settings.
The app's details page opens. This page provides information about your content. First you'll share the app, then you'll edit the metadata to help people using the app understand what they're looking at and how to use it.
- On the item page, click Share.
The Share window opens. There are multiple ways to share content to different groups of viewers. For example, if you choose to share to your organization, only people with accounts in that same organization will be able to access your content. You want this app to be available to everyone, so you'll share it publicly.
- In the Share window, for Set sharing level, choose Everyone (public) and click Save.
Now the app is configured and shared. As a final step, you'll add information about the app to the item details page.
Edit the item details
Next, you'll edit its details to provide meaningful information about the map and data for the users. This information is called metadata, and it's important for all maps and apps to have it. The Item Information bar indicates your progress toward high-quality item information and indicates the most important improvement you can make.
Before you continue, it's a good idea to explore the map and familiarize yourself with Houston's geography. With a better understanding of the area, you'll be better informed to make decisions and draw conclusions later on. Before you explore, you'll create a bookmark of the current extent so you can quickly return to it when needed.
- On the Contents toolbar, click Bookmarks and choose Add Bookmark.
- For Title, type Houston and click Add.
The bookmark is added. You can choose this bookmark to automatically navigate to the map extent where the bookmark was created.
- Close the Bookmarks pane.
You're now ready to explore the city.
Houston has several major bayous (flat, low-lying marshes or wetlands) that run through the city. During a hurricane, these bayous are prone to flooding and can become especially dangerous. You may want to keep this area in mind when you later identify high-risk areas.
- Zoom in to the center of the city, near the Houston label, until the Buffalo and Brays Bayous appear on the map.
Tip:
There are several ways to zoom. You can click the Zoom In button in the corner of the map or scroll up with the mouse wheel. Alternatively, you can press Shift while drawing a box around the area you want to zoom to.
These bayous bisect the city, crossing several major roads and intersections. When flooded, these bayous can cause serious challenges to infrastructure.
Note:
If your organization uses the vector tile version of the Light Gray Canvas basemap, it's possible that you may not be able to see the labels for the bayous on the map.
- Add a bookmark for the current map extent. Name the bookmark Bayous.
- In the Bookmarks pane and choose Houston.
Change the style
Although the evacuation routes stand out more against the light basemap, they could be even more eye-catching. You'll change the layer's style, also known as its symbology, to give the routes a brighter color and a thicker line width.
- In the Layers pane, make sure the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer is selected.
- On the Settings (dark) toolbar, click Styles.
The Styles pane appears. Layers can have either a single symbol or multiple symbols based on attribute information such as names or speed limits. You'll learn more about attribute information later. Currently, the roads are being drawn based on their classification, but you're only interested in showing the location of roads, so you'll symbolize the layer with a single symbol.
- For Try a drawing style, click Location (single symbol).
The Road Classification attribute and Types (unique symbols) options are removed.
- For Location (Single symbol), click Style options.
The Style options pane opens. You'll change the color and size of the symbol itself.
- For Symbol style, click the line symbol.
A window appears with a color palette and other options. None of these color options are exactly what you want, so you'll select a custom color by entering a six-character hexadecimal code.
- On the color palette, expand Custom color. For Hex, type or paste 004C73 and press Enter.
After you choose the color, the custom color changes to a shade of dark blue. Now, you'll make the line thicker to stand out better on the map.
- Expand Stroke and change Width to 3 px.
The map updates with the new line color and width settings.
With the thicker, brighter symbol, the routes are eye-catching and stand out.
The routes layer is a feature layer, which means it consists of individual features with distinct characteristics. In this case, each route segment is a feature. You can view a feature's characteristics, also known as its attribute information, by clicking the feature on the map and opening its pop-up.
- Close the Line window. In the Style options pane, click Done, and in the Styles pane, click Done.
- Click a segment of an evacuation route.
Its pop-up appears.
From the pop-up, you learn the name of the route (in the example image, I-45), as well as whether the route is paved and what type of road it is. The owner of the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer specifically configured this pop-up to present attribute information in a clear and readable way. You'll learn how to configure pop-ups in a later lesson.
- Click a few more route segments to view their pop-ups. When finished, close the pop-up.
Add demographic data
Next, you'll determine areas of the city that are likely in need of evacuation assistance. To do so, you'll add a layer containing demographic data by census tract. United States census tracts divide counties into smaller geographic areas, which are useful for revealing spatial patterns.
- In the Layers pane click Add Layer.
Unlike the routes layer, the demographic data you'll add isn't in ArcGIS Living Atlas. Instead, it's owned by the Learn ArcGIS administrator account.
- At the top of the pane, click My Content and choose ArcGIS Online.
- In the search box, clear any existing search text and type Houston Census Tract Demographics owner:Learn_ArcGIS. Press Enter.
- Add the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer.
Note:
It may take a few moments for the layer to appear on the map.
The layer is added to the map. It's styled by location and shows all census tracts with a single color. Right now, the layer doesn't tell you anything or provide any insight into areas in need of evacuation assistance.
- In the Add layer pane, click the Back button to return to the Layers pane.
The new layer is listed in the Layers pane above the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer you previously added.
Layers are drawn on the map in the same order they appear in the Layers pane. In your map, the evacuation routes are partially covered by the census tracts because the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer is above the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer in the Contents pane (you can still see the routes somewhat because the census tracts layer is transparent). To better see the routes, you'll reorder the layers.
- In the Layers pane, click and drag the Hurricane Evacuation Routes layer above the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer.
The layers are reordered and the evacuation routes layer is now visible on top of the census tracts on the map.
Next, you'll look at the layer's attributes. Every layer has a table that contains all attribute data about the geographic features in the layer. You'll view the table for the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer to find data that will help you identify areas that are vulnerable during a hurricane.
- In the Layers pane, for the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer, click Open actions and choose Show Table.
The layer's attribute table appears. Each row in the table represents a feature (in this case, a census tract area). The columns, or fields, provide different types of information about the census tract features. For example, the ID field contains a code that represents the state, county, and census tract identifier for each census tract feature, and the Total Owner/Renter Households (ACS 2013-2017) field shows the total number of households in each tract.
- If necessary, use the scroll bar at the bottom of the table to scroll all the way to the right.
- Locate the Percent of Households without a Vehicle field.
Tip:
To see the full attribute name, resize the column width or point to the header.
This field shows the percentage of households in each tract that do not own a vehicle. Areas with a high percentage of people who don't own vehicles might need help evacuating, so you'll style the layer using the values in this field.
- Close the table.
- In the Layers pane, make sure the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer is selected. On the Settings toolbar, click the Styles button.
The Styles pane appears. When you styled a layer previously, you styled evacuation routes with a single symbol based on location. This time, you'll choose an attribute and style the census tracts with multiple symbols.
- For Choose attributes, click + Field and choose Percent of Households without a Vehicle (ACS 2013-2017). Click Add.
Based on the attribute you chose, several styles become available. The list of available styles is determined by your type of data, a process known as smart mapping. In this case, one of the recommended smart mapping style is Counts and Amounts (Color). This style symbolizes each census tract with a different color based on households without a vehicle.
- For Try a drawing style, click the Counts and Amounts (color) option.
The map redraws to show the Counts and Amounts (colors) style. The colors are based on a color ramp called High to low. Census tracts with the lowest values have a light color, while those with the highest values have a dark color.
Note:
Your default colors may differ from those in the example image.
The default color ramp can make it difficult to see the evacuation routes in areas with high percentages, so you'll change the color ramp to ensure all layers remain visible throughout the map.
- For Counts and Amounts (colors) click Style options.
- For Symbol style, click the current color ramp (light blue to dark blue).
A window appears with options to change the fill color and outline of the symbols on the map. You'll choose a blue-themed color ramp to match the evacuation routes.
- For Fill, in the color ramp selector, click the blue-to-gray color ramp, Blue 7.
The new color ramp is applied to the map.
In this map, census tracts with a higher-than-average percentage of households without a vehicle stand out in blue. Based on the legend, the average percentage is about 6 percent. A clear pattern of limited access to vehicles stands out in downtown Houston, close to the geographic center of the city. These census tracts would likely benefit the most from increased evacuation assistance, such as public transportation.
- Click Done twice to close the Styles panes.
Now that the layer is styled to show the percentage of households without a vehicle, you'll give it a more descriptive name.
- In the Layers pane, for the Houston Census Tract Demographics layer, click Open actions and choose Rename.
- In the Rename window, type Percentage of Households Without a Vehicle and click OK.
The layer name updates in the Layers pane.
Save and share the map
Next, you'll save your evacuation map and assign it a title, tags, and a summary to make it easy to find and identify later. Then, you'll share the map to make it accessible.
- On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click the Save button.
The Save Map window appears.
Note:
The blue dot next to the Save button indicates that there are unsaved changes on the map. Streamlabs obs for mac.
- For Title, type Houston Evacuation Map and add your initials to make the title unique.
Next, you'll add tags. Tags are terms that allow users to search for your map on ArcGIS Online.
- For Tags, type each of the following tags, pressing Enter after each one:
- Hurricanes
- Roads
- Evacuation Routes
- Houston
Finally, you'll add a summary. The summary appears on your map's details page and should provide information about the map so users better understand your map's purpose.
- For Summary, type This map shows hurricane evacuation routes in Houston, Texas.
- Click Save map.
The map saves. It now appears in your account's content. You can access your content by clicking ArcGIS (public account) or the options button next to the map's name (organizational account) and choosing Content. For now, you'll set the sharing permissions.
- On the Content toolbar, click the Share map button.
- In the Share window, select Everyone (public) and click Save.
Create a web app
You finished your web map by adding and styling demographic data to show census tracts with a high percentage of households without vehicles. Next, you'll use your map to create a web app. A web app is a customized user interface that enhances your map's appearance, adds (or removes) functionality, and helps you integrate the map with other media. You can choose from a variety of configurable templates, depending on how you want to display your map. You simply want to showcase your map to the public, so you'll configure a Basic Viewer app template with only a few standard navigation tools.
- On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click the Create app button and choose Instant Apps.
The Instant Apps gallery appears. You want your map to be the primary focus of your app. You also want to show the legend, pop-up information, and a map description. For these purposes, you'll use the Minimalist app.
- On the Minimalist card, click Choose.
The Create App - Minimalist window appears. Before you configure the app, you must specify its title, tags, and summary. By default, the app has the same information as the web map used to create it. You'll change the title to better represent what you intend the map to emphasize and leave the other parameters unchanged.
- Change Title to At-Risk Population in Houston.
- Click Configure App. If necessary, close the Welcome to the App window.
Configure the app
Next, you'll change elements of the app's presentation to better communicate the map's story to users. There are four tabs of configurable parameters available for Express Setup. Since you've already selected the Houston map, you'll skip to the second step. 5d planner free download.
- In the Express Setup pane, click Step 2. About.
The About pane opens. In this pane, you can change the name of the application, which by default is the same as the map.
- For App title, type or paste At-Risk Population in Houston.
In this pane, you can also control which widgets appear when it is first launched.
- For Select which panel to open at start, confirm Legend Panel is selected. For Legend panel and Pop-up panel toggle the buttons on and toggle the other options off.
Setting Legend Panel as the default panel will ensure that people viewing your app know what data they're looking for on the map.
- Click Next.
The Interactivity pane appears. On this pane, you can set different user navigation features, like search and bookmarks. Since you have set two bookmarks showing different zoom extents of the city, you'll enable this option. You'll turn off Search, though, since app users are already at your area of interest.
- In the Interactivity pane, turn on the Bookmarks option. Turn off Search.
- Click Next.
The pane updates to the Theme & Layout pane.
The final step of app configuration is choosing the theme and layout. In this pane, you can select different color options and places where you want the widgets to show. By default, the theme of the application is Light, which matches your basemap. You'll make one change to the widgets, though. The Bookmarks widget is currently in the opposite corner from the zoom control widgets. You'll move it to the top left next to the Home button and Zoom controls widgets so that users can more easily find the widget.
- For Manage Widget Positions, point to the grid on the Bookmarks option and drag it to the bottom of the Top Left column.
On the app, the bookmarks widget is now shown under the Zoom controls and Home button widgets.
- In the preview, test your app's functionality. Navigate the map and click the various buttons in the user interface.
When you're happy with your app configuration, you'll publish it so that you can share it.
- At the bottom of the Express Setup pane, click Publish, then click Confirm.
A success window confirms that the app is published. Your app is not public yet, so it is replaced by the Share window.
- In the Share window, for The app is not share with the public, click Change Share Settings.
The app's details page opens. This page provides information about your content. First you'll share the app, then you'll edit the metadata to help people using the app understand what they're looking at and how to use it.
- On the item page, click Share.
The Share window opens. There are multiple ways to share content to different groups of viewers. For example, if you choose to share to your organization, only people with accounts in that same organization will be able to access your content. You want this app to be available to everyone, so you'll share it publicly.
- In the Share window, for Set sharing level, choose Everyone (public) and click Save.
Now the app is configured and shared. As a final step, you'll add information about the app to the item details page.
Edit the item details
Next, you'll edit its details to provide meaningful information about the map and data for the users. This information is called metadata, and it's important for all maps and apps to have it. The Item Information bar indicates your progress toward high-quality item information and indicates the most important improvement you can make.
- Under Item Information, next to Top Improvement, click Add a summary.
- Type (or copy and paste) the following text, then click Save:
This web app highlights areas in need of assistance during a hurricane evacuation in Houston, Texas.
The thumbnail image is currently a default app icon. Next, you'll change this.
- Click Edit thumbnail. In the Create Thumbnail window, click Create thumbnail from map.
- In the Create Thumbnail Using Map window, search for Houston, TX. Once the map centers on Houston, click OK.
A map of Houston is added as the thumbnail.
- Next to Top Improvement, click Add a description.
The Edit Description box actives. A description should be even more detailed and in-depth than a summary. It should explain not only the app's purpose and what kind of data it shows, but also information about how to use the app and how it was created.
- Type (or copy and paste) the following text:
This app shows evacuation routes and demographic data by census tract for Houston, Texas. The darker blue tracts have a higher percentage of households without a vehicle. This pattern helps answer the question: Where in Houston should we provide evacuation assistance during a hurricane?
Use the Layers and Legend tools to learn more about the data shown in the map. Click individual census tracts to see pop-up information, including the percentage of households without a vehicle.
The map in this app contains a Living Atlas layer of Houston evacuation routes and a layer of Houston demographic data. The demographic layer is styled using an Arcade expression that calculates the percentage of households without a vehicle. This information is also provided in pop-ups.
- Click Save.
The Item Information progress bar indicates that you are closer to completing the item information for the app.
- Next to Item Information, click Learn more.
A complete list of suggested improvements is displayed. You have completed all but one: Add terms of use.
- Click Add terms of use.
The Edit Terms of Use box becomes active. Your data comes from local and federal governmental authorities and is public domain, so there are no terms of use.
- Type None. Public domain data. Click Save.
The details page is complete. You can copy the app's URL to share it with anyone.
In this lesson, you created a map with a layer of hurricane evacuation routes in Houston, Texas. You added demographic data by census tract and used smart mapping to emphasize areas with limited vehicle ownership. The spatial patterns revealed in your map helped you determine where evacuation assistance is most needed in the event of a hurricane. Finally, you shared your findings by turning your map into an interactive web app.
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What's next? To learn more about mapmaking in ArcGIS Online, try Fight Child Poverty with Demographic Analysis or Track Crime Patterns to Aid Law Enforcement. To learn more about spatial analysis and problem solving, try Analyze Volcano Shelter Access in Hawaii or Identify Landslide Risk Areas in Colorado. If you'd like to take a more detailed look at web apps, try Oso Mudslide - Before and After.
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