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PROJECTED COORDINATE SYSTEMS
Introduction to GIS| Winter 2015
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Projected Coordinate Systems
How do we represent the Earth’s
ellipsoid on a flat surface?
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Enter: Projections
Projected coordinate systems (PCS) transform the
spherical Earth on to a flat surface
All projections attempt to maintain spatial relationships
All projections will result in some degree of distortion
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Map projections = peeling an orange
Like making an orange peel flat, one must stretch
and distort the round surface to make it flat
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Map projections = distortion
Something’s gotta give…
Area, shape, distance, or direction
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The most accurate map
The good….
Accurately displays lines of latitude and longitude
Scale is uniform across the entire surface
The bad….
Difficult to travel with
Expensive
Measuring can be tricky
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How do map projections work?
Transforms lat/long (Geographic coordinates) to an
x/y Cartesian coordinate system using
mathematical equations
i.e. Mercator projection mapping equation:
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Components of map projections
Surface type (or developable surface)
Planar, conical or cylindrical
Lines of tangency or secancy
Orientation
Normal, transverse, oblique
Location and direction of false illumination source
Center, opposite, infinity
Characteristics of distortion
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Map projection surface types
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Map projection surface types
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Planar / Azimuthal projection
The transformation from one perspective point to a
flat surface
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Planar / Azimuthal projection
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Planar / Azimuthal projection
Used for mapping polar regions
True direction from center and other locations
Straight lines from Point of Tangency (POT) are
great circle routes
Uses:
Commercial atlases
Navigation (i.e. airports)
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Planar / Azimuthal projections
Parallels are shown as circles around the globe
Meridians radiate from poles like wheel spokes
Distorts equator (when in normal aspect)
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Conical projections
A global snow cone, where the cones touches a
predetermined line of latitude (normal aspect)
Becomes developable one ‘unrolled’
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Conical projections
Parallels are concentric circular arcs
Meridians are straight, equally spaced lines that
converge towards the poles
Exceptional for mid-latitudes
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Conical projections
Often have two lines of tangency
Lambert: 45N & 33N
Albers: 45.5N & 29.5N
Central Meridian is midpoint between east and west
extent
Particularly good for mapping North America
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Cylindrical projections
A cylinder wrapped around the globe and
unwrapped
Parallels and meridians are evenly spaced and
straight
Meridians are vertical
Parallels are horizontal
Distortions occur at high latitudes
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Cylindrical projection
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Cylindrical distortion
Meridians should be convergent at poles, hence the
distortion to the north and south
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Cylindrical projection
The Greenland/Africa example
Mercator Projection True sizeMercator Projection True Size
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Cylindrical projection
Particularly good for navigation because a straight
line between any two points follows a single
direction (rhumb line)
Makes navigation simple
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And distortions
Tangency & Secancy
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Tangents & Secants
Map projections contact the Earth’s surface along a
point or line (Tangent) or two lines (Secant)
Represents locations on the map projection where
there is no distortion
The further you move away from the tangent or
secant (north or south), distortion increases
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Tangents & secants
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What properties are distorted?
Area – Shape – Distance – Direction
Conformal – preserves shape
Meridians & parallels intersect at right angles
Equal Area – preserves area
Used primarily for GIS Analysis
Equidistant – preserves distance
Equal area projections can also be equidistant
Equi-azimuthal – preserves direction
North is always north
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Projection & distortions
When choosing a projections, choose it base on
what you would like to distort LEAST
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Area
AKA: Equal area or equivalent projections
Area sizes are correct throughout the map
Tends to distort shape
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Distance
AKA: Equidistant
From centered point (focal point), distance is correct
in all directions
Tends to distort area /direction
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Direction
AKA: Azimuthal
From center point, all directions are accurate
Distorts shape, area, and angle greatly
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Shape
AKA: Conformal
Shape is maintained across the map, while area is
distorted
Latitude and longitude cross at right angles
Used for navigation
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Compromise Projections
Pseudoconic and Pseudocylindrical
Use curved meridians
i.e. Robinson Projection
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Compromise Projections
Modified projections
Add more standard parallels to reduce distortion and
size of areas
i.e. Miller Cylindrical
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Compromise Projections
Unique projections
The Goode Projection
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Light Source
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Light source origins
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Light source origins
Results in different perspectives for the map
projection
Conic & Cylindrical projections usually have a light
source from the center of the Earth
Planar projections are most affected by the light
source origin; affects meridians & parallels
Distance between parallels varies greatly
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Light source & Planar projections
Gnonomic – center of the Earth
Stereographic – from one pole to the opposite
Orthographic – infinite point in space
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Common Projected Coordinate Systems
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Planar Orthographic Projection
How earth would be
seen from a distant
planet
Light source from
infinitely far away
Used for Remote
sensing land cover
Can only show 1
hemisphere at a time
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Planar Stereographic
Light source from
opposite the point of
tangency
Conformal
Often used to map the
poles
Can only show 1
hemisphere
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Planar Gnomonic Projection
Light source from the
center of Earth
Originally used for
celestial observations
Oldest map projection;
developed in the 6th
century BC
Meridians & equator
are great circles and
shown as straight lines
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Plate Caree (Cylindrical)
Geographic Projection
Create a grid of equal rectangles
Map is twice as wide as it is high
Used for satellite imagery and aerial photos
Simplistic
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Plate Caree
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Mercator Projection
Cylindrical & conformal
Equal meridian spacing; parallels increase from N-S
poles
Begins and ends at 80 degrees
Rhumb lines (compass directions are straight on the
map)
Cannot show great circles
Distorts middle to upper latitudes
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Mercator Projection
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Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
Standard map projection for most US state
governments
N-S strips projected with no local shape distortion
and minimal area distortion
Best suited for N-S extents
Series of 60 UTM zones around the globe
Each zone is 6˚ longitude wide
Narrow strips of Transverse Mercator projection
80˚S to 80˚N
Meters
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UTM Zones
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UTM Zones in U.S.
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UTM
Coordinates are in
‘Northings’ and
‘Eastings’
Northings are relative
to the equator
Eastings are relative to
a false origin 500,000
meters west of the
zone’s central meridian
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UTM & the USGS Topo Map
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Lambert Conformal Conic
Secant case, normal aspect
Parallels for U.S. typically at 33N & 45N
Used for E-W trending zones
Preserves shapes and direction
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Lambert Conformal Conic
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Albers Equal Area Conic
Shows mid-latitudes
Used for statistics & analysis
US Standard parallels: 29.5N & 45.5N
Preserves areas
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Albers Equal Area Conic
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State Plane Coordinate System
A system in the US that divides the country into 120
zones based on state boundaries
Specific projection for each zone; chosen to
minimize distortion based on the state’s shape
Smaller states may only use a single zone; larger
states may be divided into several zones
Units are usually in feet, but can also be in meters
NOT a projection itself; it’s a system where each
zone is based on a different projection
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State Plane Zones
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Oregon Statewide PCS
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What projection do I use?
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What Projection to Use?
1. What area will you use?
The smaller the area, the less distortion will exist
For micro areas, any projection can work
2. Latitude
Cylindrical work well for low latitudes
Conical works for mid latitudes
Planar works best for poles
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3. Shape of your area
East to West extents are suited for conical or cylindrical
North to South are suited for cylindrical
Circular or square extents can use planar
4. Purpose
Navigation?
Comparing areas throughout the globe?
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Coordinate Systems in ArcGIS
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Geographic Coordinate Systems
Latitude/ Longitude is always based on a particular
datum (i.e. NAD83)
Name in ArcGIS:
GCS_{datum name}
i.e. GCS_North_America_1983
Uses spherical units
Degrees, minutes, seconds (DMS)
Decimal degrees (DD)
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Projected Coordinate Systems
Based on a projection, geographic coordinate
system, & datum
Name in ArcGIS:
{datum name}_{projection type}_{projection name}
i.e. NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10N
Uses real-world units
Feet, meters, international feet
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How does ArcGIS properly align my data?
GIS software has the ability to manipulate coordinate systems
Temporarily change coordinate system using ‘on-the-fly projection’ defined by the data frame properites
Permanently change coordinate system through ‘projecting’ coordinates using tools in ArcToolbox
Both methods require that all your layers have a projection definition file
Projections or coordinate systems can be created, selected from a predefine list or imported from another dataset
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Projection information in a GIS file
Projection definition file stores coordinate system
parameters
Coverages/GRID: prj.adf
Shapefile: .prj
Geodatabases: database property
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What if your GIS file has no projection information?
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Use the “Define Projection” tool
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Projection information for a map data frame
Each data frame on your map has its own coordinate
system for displaying data
It takes on the coordinate system of the first dataset added
to the data frame (i.e. read the projection definition file)
All other datasets added to the map are then projected ‘on-
the-fly’ to match (but only if they have a defined
projection)
Changing the coordinate system of the data frame,
changes the appearance of the map data
Changing the coordinate system of the data frame DOES
NOT change the data set coordinates
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Where can I change the data frame coordinate system?
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Changing the Projection Definition file
What if my GIS data set already has a projection
definition file, but I want to change it?
Use the ‘Project tool’
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What does the ‘Project’ tool do?
Creates a new dataset (user specifies name &
storage location on computer) with a new projection
definition file
Why use this?
You want to permanently change the already - defined
coordinate system of a dataset
If there is a change in the datum from its original
coordinate system to the one you are choosing to
convert – a datum transformation is required.
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‘Project’ with same datum
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‘Project’ with different datums
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What does this mean?
The datasets on your map have different coordinate
systems