Comparing Coordinate Systems
Note This section covers questions 11 - 13 in the module quiz.
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Four Ways to Display Canada
Create a figure showing Canada displayed using four different coordinate systems. Your submission should look something like the figure below, you can reference the video for help setting things up.
The key components you need for full credit are:
- Four maps on one sheet showing Canada displayed using the following coordinate systems:
- WGS 1984
- Web Mercator
- Canada Lambert Conformal Conic
- Canada Albers Equal Area
- Your name & date created
- Map scale shown in two ways on each map
- Scale text
- Scale bar
- A graticule showing lines of Latitude and Longitude
- Use the same spacing (15 degrees) for each map
One Way You Can’t Display Canada
One final step! Re-open the Vancouver UTM Z10 map and add the CAN_WGS1984 layer, then zoom to the layer extent. Think about why this coordinate system can’t display the whole country. Try adding the other Canada layers (eg. CAN_albersEA) to see if that fixes things. See the video below for guidance.