For more powerful mapping capabilities, Excel 2016 also offers 3-D mapping. To use the 3-D mapping tool, select your data (cells A1:C5 from the same data set pictured above) and from the Insert tab ...

OK, so when it comes down to creating a 3D map, the task is simple. You see, after creating your table, go on ahead and select Insert, and from there, go to 3D Map and click on it.

For those who might not be familiar with the Excel 3D maps feature, it plots spreadsheet data on a map. I found that I was able to plot the vehicle's ground track pretty easily, as shown in Figure 1.

Back in 2013 John Gagnon continued his popular series of posts about powerful spreadsheet use with a handy how-to guide for using the add-in GeoFlow for Excel. We thought we’d revisit John’s article ...

Microsoft has released a public preview of GeoFlow today, a new 3D visualization tool for Excel which allow users to create, navigate and interact with time-sensitive data applied to a digital map ...

Power Map is a geospatial visualization add-on for Microsoft’s Office spreadsheet application that leverages Power BI, the company’s cloud-based business intelligence product, to overlay data ...