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1. Open ArcMap10 and start with a blank document.
2. To prove that our GPS points are drawn in the correct place, first add a Basemap.
   

   Add a Basemap

3. Click the drop down next to the "Add Data" button.
4. Select "Add Basemap."
5. Choose "Imagery" (or another basemap that you may prefer).
6. Click "Add."

   Add Excel GPS Data

7. Click the "Add Data" button and navigating to where you saved the "GPSpoints" file.
8. Select the .xlsx file and
9. click "Add."
10. Select "Sheet1$" and
11. Click "Add."
12. Right click "Sheet1$" in the Table of Contents and "Open" the table. You should see that the table has been formatted nicely.
13. Close the table.
    
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    Display Your Data Points

14. Right click on "Sheet1$" again and this time select .
15. Select "Display XY Data."
16. In this dialog box, the only thing you must do is edit the coordinate system. Click To begin editing the coordindate system, click "Edit" in the bottom right, click .
17. Click select on the next screen to choose the coordinate system, and navigate .
18. Navigate to WGS 1984 (Geographic Coordinate Systems > World > WGS 1984).
    
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19. Hit "OK," then "OK" again to close these windows and display the coordinates on the basemap.
    Check Your Data
    To check that the points have been drawn in the right place:
20. . Right click on the newly added "Sheet1$ Events" and select
21. Select "Zoom to Layer." The points should be drawn in a wooded area, scattered around a small man-made pond, south of the highway (Rt 287).

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1. Final map

   Your Final Map should look like the one in the picture below. (click image to enlarge)
   
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