Links: TempleData_Week1.xlsx
Time: 1 hour.
Insights:
Can add Shapefile (ZIP archive containing all shapefile files), CSV or TXT files with optional address, place or coordinate locations (comma, semi-colon or tab delimited), GPX (GPS Exchange Format), GeoJSON (open standard format for simple geographical features)
Converting DMS to DD
Degrees Minute Seconds: 35° 45’ 30”
Convert to decimal degrees = 35 + (45/60) + (30/3600) = 35.7583
Tools learned:
converting excel files to .csv files and preparing tables for analysis in GIS.