The ability to manage content in a xls for many people is an easy-to-use alternative to other technologies. The added ability to map the content and share with others as a web map/app is a great asset. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The ability to manage additional information or new information added to an existing xls can be difficult at times, resulting in the users creating a new map instead of updating the current xls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is useful and works with my companies' portal, so I can bring maps into Excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Unlike many of ESRIs other products, it doesn't seem to get as much attention and updating of features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What I like the most since I am using it is that it allows us to discover patterns and trends that are not evident in the tabular graphs and data. Maps can be shared immediately through PowerPoint presentations or through publication on the Esri cartographic representation platform, ArcGIS Online. Esri's Excel Mapping program differs from many of the current Excel mapping plug-ins, since it is one of the only ones that allows the mapping of custom regions. Instead of being limited to the standard limits of countries and individual states, custom regions can be linked to the corresponding data in the spreadsheet through GIS data uploaded through ArcGIS Online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Maybe the time to learn to work if you do not have a basic knowledge previously, but still esri has a free online seminar to learn how to use Esri Maps for Office (a global ESRI account is required, registration is free) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Gecoding to custom geomerty is absolutely fanstastic for local government users who are using systems based on identifiers other then standard addresses, like parcels. The ability to geocode to an open data parcel dataset is a real world use of open data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The default naming of feature layers, but that is very miminally disruptive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The ideas of ArcGIS for Office is great but the learning curve is steep. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The program is non-intuitive and w/o previous experience, it's not easy to navigate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that this product gives me the ability to create custom maps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I wish some of the categories were more precise. For examples self-storage facilities bring up moving company that may offer some type of storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I love the ease of getting data displayed without having to open an ESRI app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes the tab disappears in updates or is unavailable making it hard to locate/follow what happened. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
ArcGIS Maps for Office is easy to learn yet incredibly powerful. I love how granular you can get with the data as well as the ease of importing and exporting files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
My only complaint would be that the graphics are still not the greatest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that we can create useful maps from GIS and CAD data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes the ease of functionality for data input could work better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.