[Freegis-list] Excel Mapping

[Andreas H]

Hallo,
I don't know many about the Mapping feature of Excel, but I can say that it 
is not an integral excel-feature. It is an special MapInfo-OCX that uses 
only MapInfo-Tab-Files for the map-display and Excel-Data is used for 
shading. The component object model (COM) is the key of that integration.
I think, this could be a way for your problem: do not integrate gis-features 
direct in the code of gnumeric but make an interface for existing free 
software. Look for an extension system for gnumeric, a component model for 
gnome or something corba-like.

Yours
Andreas Haensel

>From: Adrian Custer <acuster at nature.berkeley.edu>
>To: Andrew Alspach <ALSPACH at unhcr.ch>
>CC: FreeGIS List <freegis-list at intevation.de>
>Subject: Re: [Freegis-list] Excel Mapping
>Date: 05 Oct 2001 15:04:08 -0700
>
>Mr. Alspach,
>
>I know this is a belated reply to this question. I got stuck on the east
>coast in early september.
>
>(
>For the FreeGIS list folks, the original post is below and at the start
>of a two message thread in the archives:
>http://intevation.de/pipermail/freegis-list/2001-August/000570.html
>)
>
>I just tried the hornofafrica web site and it has gone. Could you
>explain better how mapping works in excel, where to get data, how to
>find documentation about it? The Free spreadsheet gnumeric aims to
>embrace and extend excel so it will have to take on this capability
>eventually. I'd like to understand it so I could explain the GIS side of
>things to the gnumeric developers. Thanks for any pointers,
>
>adrian
>acuster at nature.berkeley.educational


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