Working with ArcMap this week was a bitter sweet experience. There were several times where the program frustrated me and drove me to the point of wanting to go home. After various attempts at mastering the program I was finally able to finish my lab. The first time I worked with ArcMaps was after the lab exam last thursday. I thought the instructions were straight forward and liked how the tutorial showed me step by step how to work with the program. However, after about an hour of working with the program it did not allow me to edit any more. I tried saving my work and restarting the program with no luck. All the data I had worked on was lost, I experienced an ArcMap glitch. ArcMap did not allow me to continue working from where I left off and I had to start over. This was very frustrating after an hour into the lab I lost it all so I decided to come back and try it a different time.
The second experience with ArcMap was also very frustrating because after a few steps the program froze again. I tried going to a different computer lab and trying the program there but I accidentally erased my toolbar that showed the data such as the schools and the airport area. After this it did not allow me to continue and I once again lost all my work. Having been pressed for time I gave up once again and decided to come back later. After the second experience I believed that I was not going to complete my lab in time.
The third time I came back the program was finally cooperating with me, I was able to follow the instructions successfully and get through the tutorial. There were points where I thought I had lost everything once again, however I was able to recuperate all of my work and figure it out. There were a couple of times where the instructions were misleading, however, after a couple of tries I was able to finish everything. After finishing the lab it gave me a great sense of accomplishment and I attained very useful knowledge from the program.
Overall, the program aside from being frustrating because it lost my work a couple of times turned out to be a great experience. Not only did I learn from the program, but it also made me feel as if I could accomplish many things. The tutorial was easy to follow and gave directions that were very straight forward and to the point. After having done this once I definitely think that I could work with this program again and have better experiences.
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