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Today one of my colleagues, Val Guillou, released a very interesting white paper titled How to use GRID with Map Suite.  I have seen GRID before, but never realized all of the analysis you can do with GRID until I read Val's white paper.

In case you aren't familiar with GRID, it's a really neat way of taking point data readings and interpolating them to produce an attractive visual representation of the data.  The map image below represents farmland, and shows the soil quality based upon two separate point data values (pH & Magnesium).  The map below was created using GRID and IDW interpolation, however, you're free to implement virtually any interpolation algorithms with GRID.  This opens the door for you to create some really cool maps.

As I think about various ways to use GRID technology in conjunction with GIS and mapping, several applications come to mind.  To name just a few examples: temperature maps, price maps and production maps could all be enhanced with the use of GRID.  I'm anxious to hear what other applications you think GRID would be a good fit for, so feel free to leave comments below. 

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