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How to Upload Data to ArcEditor

Save data in Excel file. Open ArcCatalog, connect to that folder, find the table/worksheet in Excel file, right click it, click Create Feature Class, click From XY Table, a pop-up window Create Feature Class From XY Table will be shown. Select with XY columns and select right folder and file name for new SHP file destination, then click OK.

If it does not show on the folder, right click the folder to refresh it.

In ArcEditor, menu Windows, select Table of Contents. In the layer you want to add, right click it, click Add Data, and then upload the SHP files you have just created.
Done.

Turning Bulk Addresses Into Geodata

Website http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoder/ provides a free service for this. After that, you may wish either use its XML file or use Koncord Applied Excel Functions to parse the text.

Get Latitude and Longitude Values from Google Maps

Following link provides an easy way to get latitude and longitude values from Google Maps:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2403/google_maps_get_latitude_longitude_values/

The contributor is qmchenry. Basically, copy following JavaScript into address bar of the browser, geodata of then center will be shown:

javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

The other ways include enabling LatLng Tooltip in Google Maps:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/5519/the-easy-way-to-find-latitude-and-longitude-values-in-google-maps/

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