If it is for a formal research project ArcGIS is probably the way to go. I have not had anything to do with GIS systems in years, though.
But I must admit to being intrigued by Google's Fusion tables coupled with GmapGIS: https://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/2571232?hl=en http://www.gmapgis.com/ Probably best run in Chrome 8-) Graham On 4/20/2015 8:18 AM, Beth Muramoto wrote: > A faculty here emailed me about getting suggestions for geographic > mapping software and since I have no idea how to even find something > like that, I turn to all of you in the hopes you'll have some ideas for > me to pass along to the faculty member. > > The exact wording of the faculty's email to me is below. If you need > more specifics, let me know and I'll pass them on to him. > > > Thanks as always, > > Beth > > > > /What geographic mapping software would you recommend I use? > / > > // > > /I'd like to find a software application (or add on) that will > permit me to map Excel data into traditional maps. > / > > // > > /I'm hoping that software with these capabilities will be available > via Berkeley's software unit. > / > > // > > /Thanks./ > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > Beth Muramoto > Computer Resource Specialist > Graduate School of Education > University of California, Berkeley > 1650 Tolman Hall > Berkeley, CA 94720 > Email: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Phone: (510) 643-0203 > Fax: (510) 643-6239 > > “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some > blunders and absurdities have crept in – forget them as soon as you can. > Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a > spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” > -Emerson > > This is the essence of forgiveness. You can't change what happened but > you can make sure it doesn't have the power to prevent you from being > happy tomorrow. > -Paul Boese > > “Kind words do not cost much yet they accomplish much.” > > -Blaise Pascal > > > *********************************************** > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: > > To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe > from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please > visit the Micronet Web site: > > http://micronet.berkeley.edu > > Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and the > list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This means > these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, prospective > employers, and people who have known you in the past. > > ANNOUNCEMENTS: To send announcements to the Micronet list, please use the > [email protected] list. > -- Graham Patterson, Systems Administrator Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley 510-643-1984 "...past the iguana, the tyrannosaurus, the mastodon, the mathematical puzzles, and the meteorite..." - used to be the directions to my office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please visit the Micronet Web site: http://micronet.berkeley.edu Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and the list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This means these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, prospective employers, and people who have known you in the past. ANNOUNCEMENTS: To send announcements to the Micronet list, please use the [email protected] list.
