APCG 2016
You Want What?
Developing an interactive online mapping and survey tool for the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests – Part 1
Rebecca McLain & Zuriel Rasmussen | Portland State University
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Annual Meeting
| Portland, OR October 7, 2016
Project Overview
Impetus for the Project:
2012 Planning Rule
Project Objective:
Web-based Mapping Application
What places are important to people?
- Why do they value them?
- What do they do at them?
2. What ecosystem services do national forests provide?
Collaborators & Roles
The US Forest Service has a
mapping tool (Talking Points):
Why not use it?
Wishlist Considerations
- Mapping technology
- Data collection approach
- Broad and deep questions
- Outreach to diverse populations
- When to go “on-line”?
Constraints
- Money
- Expertise
- Time
- Regulations
Development schedule
Development schedule
Development schedule
Development schedule
Developing the Survey
Survey Structure
Survey Structure
Content
Content
Accessibility
Versions
Versions
Versions
Versions
Offline Version?
Rewriting Survey for the Visually Impaired
Building the Survey
Building the Survey
Building the Survey
Survey Structure 2.0
Survey Structure 2.0
Questions?
You Want What?
Developing an interactive online mapping and survey tool for the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests – Part 2
Gabriel Rousseau & Tim Hitchins | Portland State University
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Annual Meeting
| Portland, OR October 7, 2016
Building The Basemap Tiles
Designing for the Client:
The Public
Google & Portland State
ESRI Topo & Portland State
ESRI/USGS National Map & Portland State
ESRI Topo
Portland State
Wrangling the Data
Design without Legend
Forest Service Map Review
(15 Pages of Notes)
Interactive Basemap Tiles
Developing the Interactive Map App Survey
How do we get from Map...
To App?
Requirements:
What are we actually building?
- An interactive map survey
- Must connect to DYF Site and Qualtrics Survey
- English and Spanish Versions
- Must store data efficiently
- Offline capabilities
- Limitations?
No Out of the Box Solutions
Many options of varying difficulty
- Leaflet
- Mapbox
- CartoDB
- ArcGIS Online / Developers
- ArcGIS Web App Builder (Developer Edition)
- ArcGIS Javascript API
Tool Selection:
Stick with what you know
- ArcGIS Online for feature service hosting
- ArcGIS Javascript API for custom interactivity
- Esri Collector for Offline App?
Making a Jump
Learning HTML5, CSS, and JS... still:
- Code Oregon, Code Academy, GeoDev Hacker Labs....
- Continuing 1 credit JS course at PSU
- Read documentation and play with sample code
- Make some web maps
- Practice!
ArcGIS Javascript API
REST Endpoint of Feature Service
Play with Code in the Sandbox
Without Definition Query
