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Welcome!

Image: Eastern Kentucky's Spring rhododendron blooms
May 9, 2025

Boyd Shearer

Senior Lecturer, Mapping & GIS, UKy
gis.uky.edu
outrageGIS.com
boyd.shearer@uky.edu

ArcGIS

With a distinct Kentucky flavor

Pro vs Online

Maps vs GIS

Data is key

Agenda

  • Add your data to ArcGIS Online.
  • Style your data, add a basemap, and deploy a web map.
  • Create an app to harvest data from the field.
  • Explore open data portals.
  • Build a scene and deploy a story map.

Let's Map!

What about those Airbnbs?

  • A class project geocoded short term rentals in Lexington.
  • Map their locations.
  • Can we analyze, too?
  • They created a CSV file.
  • Are these observations valid?

Can we check short term rentals?

  • Can we do field work?
  • With our phones
  • to make additional observations?
  • What attributes do we need?

How much data is public?

Students need a break

  • Take a bike and escape!
  • High-impact visualizations
  • to tell a story.
  • Listen to radio while you ride (UKy Map Library Story map).
Thank you!