Lab 2 [GIS 6005]: Coordinate Systems


The State of Wisconsin is shown above to demonstrate the appropriate selection of a coordinate system before analyzing additional attributes for a map.

The State of Wisconsin falls with 3 state planes and 2 UTM zones, and thus requires the use of a custom coordinate system. The NAD 1927 Wisconsin TM (Meters) coordinate system was selected for this reason. It would not be appropriate to use either the state plane nor the UTM-based coordinate systems for this state because at best these coordinate systems would be optimal for only 33% (state plane-based) to 50% (UTM-based) of the state.

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