Lab 3 Data Collection and Projections

For this lab, I collected public safety data from the UWF main campus by using the app Collector.
I also learned how to use the ArcGIS project raster tools to re-project data.

The first part of this lab revolved around data collection. I chose to collect data on crosswalks. Here, I set three conditions that explained the state of the crosswalks: excellent, fair, and poor. Before I could collect the data, I had to set up an empty feature class and share it as an editable feature layer. Then, I created a web map through ArcGIS online. My collected data was then synced to my web map through the Collector app.  https://pns.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=c8b786ae31e34b6b8bf83a0a86b07c4c

The second part of this lab revolved around learning how to transform or project GIS data. I created feature classes from the original data (cntbnd_Sep15) through the Data Management Projections and Transformations Project Tool. Once the projections were made, I compared them visually and quantitively. The next step of the lab was to identify each projections' calculated square area of four Florida counties. Finally, a map was created that displays multiple map views of the different projected coordinate systems.  This map is the one you see above.