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Workspace set-up & integrating datasets


0. Summary:

In this step we will be exploring the workshop content and making a plan for our story.
This includes:

  • Provided workshop data
  • Organizational data
  • Data attributes

1. Access your Content workspace:

  1. Access the Content area by clicking on that option in the top navigation.
    AGOL workspace

2. Explore the Content Panel:

Numbers 1-4 illustrate the locations of the following elements:

  1. Personal content (includes all data and objects you have created)
  2. Filters (allows you to easily limit the things that show up in your content area)
  3. Create New (one of many ways to create/ add content to your workspace)
  4. Available content (items that have been shared to you through groups, University of Manitoba or ESRI’s Living Atlas.)
    AGOL workspace

3. View My Organization data options:

  1. Click on My Organization in the blue Content navigation bar.
  2. This brings up data that has been made available to UM users. Not all content here is available for reuse.
    AGOL workspace

  3. Using the search box search for UM Campus Planning- Public Tree Inventory , click the title to see more details about the file.

  4. Now we can see a Description and the Terms of Use for the file, as well as options to explore the data further.
    AGOL workspace

  5. Click on the Open in Map Viewer option.
    AGOL workspace

  6. Your screen should now look something like:
    AGOL workspace

4. Explore the workspace.

Numbers 1-4 illustrate the locations of the following elements:

  1. Map options (add data, change basemap, share etc)
  2. Data options (symbology, filters, pop-ups, labels, conduct simple analyses and more)
  3. Table of Contents (list of layers in your map, show, hide, table, etc)
  4. Your map workspace
    AGOL workspace

5. Add data that is accessible via URL:

  1. Click on the arrow beside the Add data option on the left of your map. Select the add layer from URL option.
    AGOL workspace

  2. Copy + Paste this url into the dialogue to add other campus assets into your map as well: https://services7.arcgis.com/qkMZANJ0iIMLiVSJ/ArcGIS/rest/services/UM_Campus_Planning_2024_Exterior_Space_Inventory___Public_Database/FeatureServer
    AGOL workspace

    The import wizard should autodetect that it is a web service
  3. Add item to map in the bottom right corner of the wizard.
    Your map should now look something like:
    AGOL workspace
  4. Save your map by clicking the Save As option left of the map. Your map is now saved to your personal content area.
    AGOL workspace

  5. We will now move over to the Analysis section to make some maps.