'Conic projection' presentation slideshows

MAP PROJECTIONS

MAP PROJECTIONS. Present by : Nidal ABURAJAB. Basic Definitions. Geodesy - the shape of the earth and definition of earth datum Map Projection - the transformation of a curved surface of earth to a flat map Coordinate systems - (x,y) coordinate systems for map data.

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Mapping and Projections

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ESRM 304 Spring 2011 Peter Schiess

Datums and Coordinate Systems. ESRM 304 Spring 2011 Peter Schiess. Overview. What is a map? How are features placed on a map? How do we trust things that are on a map? How do we know these things are in the right place? Datums, land division systems, & coordinate systems. What is a map?.

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Concept of Geographic coordinate systems and map projections

Concept of Geographic coordinate systems and map projections. Objectives. Understand the concept of coordination system Understand the map projections. Why it is important?. Y. (+X,+Y). (-X,+Y). X. (-X,-Y). (+X,-Y). Y. X. X - Equator. Y - Prime Meridian

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Working with Map Projections

Working with Map Projections. GLY 560: GIS and Remote Sensing for Earth Scientists. Class Home Page: http://www.geology.buffalo.edu/courses/gly560/. Map Projection. The transformation from the geographic grid to a plane coordinate system is referred to as map projection .

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Concept of Geographic coordinate systems and map projections

Concept of Geographic coordinate systems and map projections. Objectives. Understand the concept of coordination system Understand the map projections. Why it is important?. Y. (+X,+Y). (-X,+Y). X. (-X,-Y). (+X,-Y). Y. X. X - Equator. Y - Prime Meridian

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Describing Where: spatial referencing systems

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Projections

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Portraying the Earth

Portraying the Earth. Chapter 2. The Nature of Maps. How and why do we describe the earth using maps? When we need to understand the world around us we use maps.

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Map Projections

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Geography Skills

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Maps

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Introduction to Maps

Introduction to Maps. June 6, 2014. Maps defined. A graphic representation of the real world. Maps can be used to show cultural and physical features. List all of the kinds of maps that you know of:. Political Map. Population Map. Physical Map. Road Map. Topographic Map.

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Preview Key Ideas How Scientists Make Maps Map Projections Reading a Map Information on Maps

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Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives. Unit 1. Modern Technology. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) use latitude and longitude coordinates to determine an exact location on Earth.

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2-2 Models of Earth

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Map Projections

Map Projections. Three Basic Categories of map projections are: Planar Projection Cylindrical Projection Conic Projection. Planar surface. Earth intersects the plane on a small circle. All points on circle have no scale distortion. Cylindrical surface. Earth intersects the

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Facilities of the PANYNJ, 2003

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GIS Tutorial 1

GIS Tutorial 1. Lecture 5 Spatial Data. Outline. GIS coordinates Map projections Vector data formats US Census geographic files US Census data files Geospatial data sources. Lecture 5. GIS coordinates. Spherical Coordinates. Geographic Coordinate System (GCS)

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