Week 6 - Projections Part II

 

GIS 4043 L

 

 



 

In my opinion this has been one of the most time consuming, yet beneficial labs that I have done so far in the course.  This lab was all about the Projections.  I defined Projected Coordinate Systems, as well as, re-projected other already defined Projected Coordinate Systems.  I also worked with Excel files and learned how to bring tables that contained Longitude and Latitude coordinates in degrees, minutes, and seconds into GIS utilizing the Add XY data feature in ArcMap.  The map above shows the NorthEast part of Escambia County.  In it you will see several layers that I downloaded and manipulated to have all the data projected as the same Projected Coordinate System.  The Petroleum Storage Tanks were initally an Excel file with locations defined by Longitude and Latitude.  When completed, the Excel file is now a shapefile in which data can be added and manipulated.