SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Where is this Dakota Access Pipeline they're protesting?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/12/dakota_access_pipeline.png)
You've probably seen dramatic pictures in the news lately about the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline - Native Americans versus bulldozers, protesters and tipis in a blizzard, and things like that. But do you really know much about this pipeline? For example, where will it go, and where have the
![Is the Moon really 1/4 the size of the Earth?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/12/earth_and_moon_graph.png)
Are you ready for the supermoon on December 14? This will actually be the 3rd supermoon in 2016! With these big-looking full moons we're having this year, I got to wondering exactly how big is the moon compared to Earth? This seems like a good question to answer with some
![Using the SAS Macro Language to Create Portable Programs](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/12/Using-the-SAS-Macro-Language-to-Create-Portable-Programs.png)
As technology expands, we have a similarly increasing need to create programs that can be handed off – to clients, to regulatory agencies, to parent companies, or to other projects – and handed off with little or no modification needed by the recipient. Minimizing modification by the recipient often requires
![Why SAS maps are better than Wikipedia svg maps!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/12/red_blue.png)
Parents are always proud of their kids, and think their kids are better than all the other kids. I guess it might be a little bit that way with mapping software ... but I really do think I've got a pretty compelling example to show that SAS maps are better
![5 Reasons to write your first SAS Press book](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/12/Write-a-book-with-SAS01.jpg)
Editor's note: This series of blogs addresses the questions we are most frequently asked at SAS Press! Ever thought about writing your own SAS or JMP book? Here are a few reasons why writing a SAS Press book can be a fantastic career move! 1. Your book establishes you as
![My top 10 graph blog posts of 2016!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/12/my_blogs_2016.png)
When I was a kid, I always looked forward to Casey Kasem's American Top 40 song countdown at the end of the year. Did I listen to check whether my favorite songs had made the list, or to critique how well the people making the list had done in picking the 'right'