Projections: Comparing County Areas Produced Using Various Map Projections
This week's lab highlighted small discrepancies that can occur when using various map projections that may lead to significant errors when performing spatial analysis. This map shows the state of Florida using three different projections: Albers Conical Equal Area, UTM Zone 16N, and Florida State Plane North. While visual differences between the three map frames may be negligible, the table displays the area in square miles for each of the four selected counties that were calculated using these different projections.
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