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Create a Map
Now that you have created your account, you can start creating a map! Lets create a Fort Canning
Sensors Reading map. After this tutorial, you will be able to create your own map.
Open Map by clicking on the Map button

Step 1 You will add the FortCanningPark layer (FortCanningPark.zip) which is a shapefile. (This file
has been sent to you.) Shapefile is a data format which store geographic features representing real
world as data.
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Click the Add button

From the drop-down menu choose Add Layer from File
Locate the file (FortCanningPark.zip) from your computer, select the file and click Open
On the Add Layer from File dialog box, choose Generalize features for web display
Click Import Layer
Click on the arrow beside the layer and choose Zoom to to see the entire dataset

On the side panel, you can view the layer by clicking Details
button

and Show Contents of Map

. Click the FortCanningPark layer to expand it. Click on the Show Map Legend button

to view the map legend.

The Basemap button
allows you to choose and select other basemaps.
Note: ArcGIS Online cannot display layers in a map without a working basemap because the
basemap established the coordinate system of the map.

Step 2 Save your map

a) Click the Save button
and select Save
b) Complete the Save Map dialog box by giving your map a name, tags and summary of the
map
Keep the default folder to save the map (this should be your accounts folder)

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c) Click Save Map

It is a best practice to always save your map, remember to save you map after every steps.

Step 3 You will add the Sensors Reading layer, which is a feature layer and you will make use of the
available resources on ArcGIS Online.
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Click on Add button and select Add Layer from File from the drop down-menu
Locate the file (Sensors Readings.csv) from your computer, select the file and click Open
On the Add CSV Layer from File dialog box, choose Locate features using: Longitude/Latitude
On the Review the location fields. Click on a cell to change it scroll down to set POINT_X:
Longitude and POINT_Y: Latitude

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Click Add Layer

Under Choose an attribute to show, choose Show location only
Under Select a drawing style, choose Location (Single symbol)
Click Done
Click on the arrow beside the Sensors Readings layer and choose Zoom to to see the entire
dataset

Go back to Details to view the layers, you notice that the feature you have just added has 2 layers,
FortCanningPark and Sensors Readings.
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Save your map

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Step 4 You will change the symbols for the Sensors Readings.
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Click on the small arrow next to the Sensors Readings layer

Select Change Style from the pop out menu
Click on Options and select Symbol (Change Symbol)
Change Symbol dialog box will appear, in the dialog box make sure that Basic symbol set is
selected
e) Scroll down, then choose one of the green triangle symbol
f) Change the Symbol size to 25 px

g) Click OK to close the Change Symbol dialog box

h) Click Done on Change Style dialog box
Remember to save your map
Step 5 Now you will explore the data stored in Sensors Readings layer
a) Click on the small arrow next to the Sensors Readings layer
b) Select Show Table from the pop out menu
Explore the information shown on the table
c) Click Table Options and choose Show/Hide Columns
d) Tick on the Time_ checkbox to show the Time column

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e) Close the table

Step 6 Now you will perform some analysis on our data

a) Click on the small arrow next to the Sensors Readings layer
b) Select Perform Analysis from the pop out menu

c) You will first perform Calculate Density analysis, click Calculate Density
d) Click Run Analysis
e) The result will be shown as a new layer: Sensors Reading Density
This analysis will show the density of the Sensors Readings sample

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f) Next, you will do Find Hotspots analysis

g) Click on the small arrow next to the Sensors Readings layer
h) Select Perform Analysis from the pop out menu

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Click Find Hot Spots

Under Choose an analysis field, choose Temperature
Click Run Analysis
The result will be shown as a new layer: Hot Spots Temperature
This analysis will show the hot spot locations based on the temperature data

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Click on the small arrow next to the Hot Spots Temperature layer and choose Show Table to
view the analysis data

Step 7 Your map now is ready to be saved.

m) Click the Save button and select Save

Step 8 Share your map. After creating your map, you will want to share your map, you have the
options to share it to the public or to your school or group.
a) Go to My Content
b) Check the map you want to share and click share
c) Share with your organization and the group you have just created by checking the right
check box
d) Click Ok

In My Content, you can view, organized, share and edit your contents
e) You can also share your map to your organization through the Share button on the Item
Details page.

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Create a Story Map

Now that you have created your map, you can start to create a Story Map! Lets create a Fort
Canning Sensors Reading story map, after this tutorial, you will be able to create your own story
map.
1. Go to http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/
2. Click on App menu on top of the screen
3. Find Story Map Journal Template
4. Click Build a Map Journal
5. Select Side Panel and click Start
6. Enter our Story Map title and click on the > button
7. Under Web map, select Browse for Maps

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8. Choose the map that you have just created

9. Tick the Overview Map and Legend checkboxes

10. Click Next

11. Enter the description and click Save

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12. Click Save button on the top right of the screen

13. Click Share button to share your Story Map

14. Click Share with My Organization

Make sure that the URL is copied and saved

You have completed this exercise; you are now able to create your own map and story map.