Lecture:

• Map projections
• Coordinate systems
• Geodetic datums

Class 6 - Lecture.pdf

Demonstration Lab:

• Managing & transforming projections & coordinate systems in QGIS

Class 6 Lecture Demonstration Lab.pdf

Assignment:

• Mapping in the UTM system; advantages of planar units in GIS
• Solving common map projection problems

Class 6 Assignment_ Map Projections.pdf

Reading: Chapter 3, Section 3.2 Map Scale, Coordinate Systems, and Map Projections (pages 54 - 58)

Homework:

assignment.6.pdf