Changing Projections in ArcMap
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Investigating Projections
Through the help commands you can learn more about projections and how the are created.
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Open the properties for Layers
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Under the Coordinate System Tab, Choose the Predifined coordinate systems
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Global Projected Coordinate Systems
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We will be using Projected Coordinate Systems
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For World Data use a World Projection
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Try a Mercator (Coast Lines & Direction) Projection
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Miller Cylindrical (Direction)
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Mollweide (Area)
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UTM
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ZONE 10 is the correct UTM zone for Whatcom County and Western WA
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State Plane: Use either NAD 1927 or 1983
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We are in Washington North
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To find true distance on the face of the earth use a Great Circle Measurment
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Note that this web page uses N/S on Lat and W/E on Long ESRI uses +/- for N/S and -/+ for W/E you need to make these adjustments
http://williams.best.vwh.net/gccalc.htm