The article I chose to read for this weeks assignment has to do with interfacing between excel spreadsheets and the ArcGIS program as a whole. It speaks about how the capabilities to manipulate data and organize spreadsheets and formulas in excel can be directly translated and used in the ArcGIS program. This allows the user to utilize the excel program, which was built to handle data and analyze it, without having to touch ArcGIS until they are ready to import the necessary and useable parts.
This as a tool opens up a world of possibilities for users, think about it, excel was essentially built to be the easiest program to handle data. If those capabilities can be used in conjunction with ArcGIS the ease at which complex and voluminous data can be inserted into maps and presentations is limitless. Interestingly enough this article ended with a schedule of classes one can take in learning how to use ArcGIS and the class length days. Luckily I am able to take the class through the university.
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