New to arcGIS: How do I plot local data points and values in arcGIS?

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12-21-2017 11:23 AM
DennisRohr
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Hi, I am new to arcGIS, I teach high school science, and I want my students to create a layer and plot locations and values of local data looking at drinking water results.  How do I do this?  I would appreciate your help.

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TimWitt2
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JayantaPoddar
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Do you have the data as a table with Latitude/Longitude values?

How To: Import XY data tables to ArcMap and convert the data to a shapefile 



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DennisRohr
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Hi Jayanta,

Thank you very much for the link:) We do have lat and lon locations for

our data.

Have a great day,

Dennis