GIS 5050 Module 5 - Geocoding

This week's lab assignment allowed us to work with .csv [comma separated values] files and import them into ArcGIS. The process was essentially taking a spreadsheet [non-graphical data] and importing it into ArcGIS, which superimposes the data onto a map [making it graphical data]. The dataset we used during the first portion of the lab utilized latitude and longitude coordinates to direct ArcGIS where to put the points on the map. 

The second part of this lab was taking non-graphical data that used street addresses instead of coordinates [latitude / longitude], applying an address locator to our map, and geocoding the dataset. This essentially went through every entry in our spreadsheet and mapped it out by looking the address up in the address locator that we applied earlier in the process. The end result was a web map that locates all schools within Manatee County, Florida [see above]. Out of personal preference, I pasted an exported map above, but this map can be viewed by clicking the link below [this link is public: it does not require the user to have an ArcGIS account]:

https://pns.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=491be172f73f494fa1dd0ada7bbb1941