Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Projections Part 1



         This week we explored projection systems. The following is the process summary in order to create a map with three different projection types.
Process Summary:
1)Open cntbnd.ship
2)Add two new data frames by clicking insert, Add data frame
   3)Adjust/re-project cntbnd.shp to State Plane and UTM, then change label to match projection type
    4)Calculate geometry area for each county, display in miles (Escambia, Alachua, Miami-Dade, and Polk). Notice surface areas have different outcomes based on their projection type
5)Add scale, text, title, projection info,  name, date, and data source
6)Export map and upload to blogger

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