GIS - Excel tables to maps

1. Tables to Maps
From Excel Graphs
via Graticules
to Maps

2. Nature Reserve Tabular Data
• Lots of Data
• Hard to visualize

3. Graph It!
• At-A-Glance
Visualization of
large amounts of
tabular data
• Can lack
comparative values
• No external context

4. Reserve Scatter Plot XY

5. Reserve Scatter Plot XY
Group & Colour By Altitude

6. Standardization!

7. A Common XY Coordinate Space
• Everything
Happens
Somewhere
On Earth
• Earth Has
Standard Axes
• Latitude/Longi
tude = Y/X
• Latitude
Range: -90 ->
+90 (180
Degrees)
• Longitude
Range: -180 -
+180 (360
Degrees)

8. Allows Context & Comparison

9. Looks better in a Map

10. Zoom In For Detail

11. Display Attributes (Altitude)

12. Display Attributes (Distance to Town)

13. Display Attributes In Context
(Distance to Town)

14. Display Attributes In Context
(Distance to National Roads)

15. Borrow Cartographic Expertise!