title: GIS read state plane coordinates and display on a map
body: <p>I am new to Geographic Information Systems. I would like to read a file (from Java or Ruby ) that is stored on my local machine. This file will contain State Plane Coordinates (x,y) pairs. I would like to display those coordinates on a Map from Esri (preferred) or Google or some other provider. I am running on a MAC 10.7.5. Is there a simple way to execute the map application so that it displays the points described in the text file of (x,y) pairs. Thank you.    </p>