GIS Computer Programming: Module 1

This is a new class and I am now learning Python, which is the computer programming language ArcGIS uses. We were tasked with generating our last name, fixing errors within a dice game and creating loops. In the screenshot below the first part of the script is a simulated dice game. The second part of the script generates a list of 20 random numbers between 1 and 10, identifies the presence of a predetermined number in the list, counts the occurrences of said number and either states number is not in list or states the number the quantity of times to be removed from the list and then prints the list.

Comments: For this to be a beginner class, I am already lost. I thought I was getting it until I opened the lab assignment and was instantly at a loss of what to do first. Thankfully UWF GIS has a YouTube channel and I was able to find help there. I hope the next lab goes better, because this one was a complete disappointment.

M7: Google Earth

This is the final week of Computer Cartography and it was ended by creating KMZ from ArcGIS, a Google Earth map, and a Google Earth Tour all of South Florida. This was my second time taking ArcGIS layers and creating a KMZ file out of them. Always good to practice these tasks more than once, so this portion was not new to me. I then created a KMZ within Google Earth Pro highlighting 6 areas of South Florida as a video tour. Quite a wonderful feature within Google Earth, because you can zoom around, tilt the view and see the 3D buildings they have created within, and really get a feel for an area. The map below is a screenshot of my creation of this map and tour assignment with all the layers turned on.

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Comments: I truly learned a great deal in this class that will help me along the way. This final lab was a great insight into some of the technology available and it went smoothly.