coordinate systems and transformations in action melita kennedy and keera morrish
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Coordinate systems and transformations in action
Melita Kennedy and Keera Morrish
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• Coordinate systems- Geographic versus projected
- Project considerations
- ‘Gotchas’
• Identifying an unknown coordinate system
• Picking a geographic/datum transformation
Session ID: 1585
Objectives
Note: Presentation will be available on the Proceedings CD
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Coordinate systems
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Geographic coordinate system
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(gcs, geogcs)
• Name
• Datum
• Spheroid
• Prime Meridian
• Angular unit of measure
Geographic coordinate system
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(gcs, geogcs)
• Name (European Datum 1950)
• Datum (European Datum 1950)
• Spheroid (International 1924)
• Prime Meridian (Greenwich)
• Angular unit of measure (Degrees)
Geographic coordinate system
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• Linear units
• Lengths, angles, and areas are constant
• Shape, area, and distance may be distorted
Projected coordinate system
X -Y +
X +Y +
X -Y -
X +Y -
X
Data
usually here
Y
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(pcs, projcs)
• Name
• Geographic coordinate system
• Map projection
• Projection parameters
• Linear unit of measure
Projected coordinate system
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(pcs, projcs)
• Name (NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N)
• GCS (NAD 1983)
• Map projection (Transverse Mercator)
• Projection parameters (central meridian, latitude of origin, scale factor, false easting, false northing)
• Linear unit of measure (Meters)
Projected coordinate system
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Geographic versus Projected
Demonstration
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• What does your boss think?
• What are other government agencies/partners using?
• For what purposes are the data going to be used?
• Minimize projecting data on the fly- Impacts performance
Choosing the right coordinate system
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• Defining a coordinate system updates the metadata ONLY- Doesn’t affect the coordinate values
- Define data in its current coordinate system, then project
• Add XY Data tool uses the map’s coordinate system by default
• Exporting a layer in ArcMap using the data frame’s coordinate system- SAME as using the Project or Project Raster tools
• UTM “N” and “S”- North and South, not the “N” and “S” latitude band designations
Coordinate system gotchas
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UTM zones and latitude bands
Adapted from Wikimedia Commons and attributed to a NASA image
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• Coordinate systems were stored as .prj files- ArcGIS home\Coordinate Systems
• At 10.1, virtual folder structure
• Search by area, name, WKID/code
• Favorites are usable everywhere
• Use Import to access your own prj files
What happened to the prj files?
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spatial filterspatial filter
well-known IDwell-known ID
favoritesfavorites
searchsearch
create or import coordinate system
create or import coordinate system
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Improved coordinate system dialogs
Demonstration
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Unknown coordinate systems
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• ALWAYS define the coordinate system
• Good professional practice - help your successor
• Units are unknown
• Map scale is incorrect
• Geodatabase tools can’t use default values
Unknown coordinate systems
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• Check the data provider or source
• Check any existing metadata
• Similar data types
• What coordinate systems are used in the area?- http://www.epsg.org
- http://www.epsg-registry.org
What if I don’t know my data’s coordinate system?
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• Try using ArcMap to figure it out - See Knowledge Base article 24893
HowTo: Identify an unknown coordinate system using ArcMap
- Live Training Seminar (free)
Working with Map Projections and Coordinate Systems in ArcGIS
http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?did=6&Product_id=826&2
What if I don’t know my data’s coordinate system?
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San Diego, California
NAD 1983 X / longitude Y / latitude
Geographic -116.67 ° 33 °
UTM zone 11N 530,000 m 3,650,000 m
State Plane (California zone 6) 1,960,000 m 593,000 m
Familiarize yourself with common coordinate systems
• Know what ones are used in the area
• Learn what the layer extents should be
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• Longitude: -88.365934Latitude: 28.738369
Calculated NAD 27 XY Coords:Longitude: 10431702.916855Latitude: 1202802.892336
Real world example
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What do you know?
decimal degreesdecimal degrees Longitude: -88.365934Latitude: 28.738369
Calculated NAD 27 XY Coords:Longitude: 10431702.916855
Latitude: 1202802.892336
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What do you know?
decimal degreesdecimal degrees
In the U.S.In the U.S.
Longitude: -88.365934Latitude: 28.738369
Calculated NAD 27 XY Coords:Longitude: 10431702.916855
Latitude: 1202802.892336
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What do you know?
decimal degreesdecimal degrees
In the U.S.In the U.S.
NAD27NAD27
Longitude: -88.365934Latitude: 28.738369
Calculated NAD 27 XY Coords:Longitude: 10431702.916855
Latitude: 1202802.892336
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What do you know?
decimal degreesdecimal degrees
In the U.S.In the U.S.
NAD27NAD27
No unitsNo units
Longitude: -88.365934Latitude: 28.738369
Calculated NAD 27 XY Coords:Longitude: 10431702.916855
Latitude: 1202802.892336
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What do you know?
decimal degreesdecimal degrees
In the U.S.In the U.S.
NAD27NAD27
No unitsNo unitsX or Y?X or Y?
Longitude: -88.365934Latitude: 28.738369
Calculated NAD 27 XY Coords:Longitude: 10431702.916855
Latitude: 1202802.892336
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Identifying Unknown Data
Demonstration
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Geographic (datum) transformations
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• Convert between two geographic coordinate systems
• Offsets can be significant
Geographic transformations
San Diego, California
Geographic Longitude Latitude
NAD 1927 -116.6691455° 32.9999533°
NAD 1983 -116.6700000° 33.0000000°
NAD 1983 HARN -116.6700004° 33.0000000°
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• Omit or choose the wrong one—up to 200 m
• Multiple ones exist- Have different areas of use or accuracies
- Up to you to decide which one is best
• See Knowledge Base article #21327
Datum transformations are important!
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Transformations in North AmericaTransformations in North America
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Warning: different geographic coordinate system…
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• If publishing through ArcMap, set up transformations there
1. Change the coordinate system of the data frame or add data in ‘other’ GCS
2. Set the appropriate transformation
3. Change back the data frame’s coordinate system or remove the data
• Server will use the transformation if data is requested in that coordinate system
Services and coordinate systems
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Working with Geographic Transformations
Demonstration
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Wrap-up
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• Don't forget the Knowledge Base!- http://support.esri.com
- 23025, 29129, 24893, 29035, 17420
• Esri forums for user-to-user help- http://geonet.esri.com
• Virtual Campus- http://campus.esri.com
- Live Training Seminar and Course
• http://www.epsg.org- Database of coordinate systems & datums
- Guidance Note 7-2
More information
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• Maher. Lining Up Data in ArcGIS
• Meyer. Introduction to Geometrical and Physical Geodesy
• Snyder. Map Projections: A Working Manual- http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/PP_1395.pdf
• Flacke & Kraus. Coordinate systems in ArcGIS
• Snyder & Voxland. An Album of Map Projections. USGS PP 1453- http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/pubs
• Iliffe and Lott. Datums and Map Projections
Books, etc.Books, etc.
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• Please fill out the session survey
• Online – search using the session name
• Paper – pick up and put in drop box
Thank you…
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