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Geographic Information Systems/Science

This is a library resource guide for GIS. There are several departments on campus which use GIS. They include but are not limited to Geography, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, History, Biological Sciences and Economics.

Introduction

ArcGIS Maps for Office is an add-on for Microsoft Excel that lets you create maps from geographic data you have in Excel. To use Esri Maps for Excel, you need 2 things: Microsoft Excel for Windows and an account for ArcGIS Online. You create your ArcGIS Online account using your Dartmouth credentials here.

ArcGIS for Office
Make maps in Microsoft Excel and further the power of ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise. ArcGIS for Office puts Excel data in the context of location. Use location intelligence to transform your graphs and charts into interactive maps directly in Microsoft Excel to see data from another perspective. Then, use Microsoft PowerPoint to share your map.
Install and configure ArcGIS for Office
Information and instructions on installing this add-on to Office.
Design and use maps in Office
From Microsoft Excel, you can share your Microsoft Excel data to ArcGIS, add web maps you've created to Microsoft PowerPoint, or copy maps as images that can be inserted anywhere that paste functionality is supported. ArcGIS Maps for Office brings mapping to Microsoft PowerPoint by allowing you to include dynamic maps from Microsoft Excel or maps from ArcGIS Online as slides in any Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. ...