Ian Latella

CE547

Assignment #3

I projected the World with the World Craster Parabolic Projection.  A Craster parabolic projection is a pseudocylindrical projection that is often used to produce thematic maps of the world.  This type of projection also works well for producing interrupted maps, such as the parallel and sinusoidal interrupted Craster projections.  The central meridian lies at 36o 46’ north and south and the projection is free of distortion there.  As you get farther and farther from the central meridian, distortion increases and is greatest at the outer meridians and high latitudes.

 

 

World_Craster_Parabolic

Projection: Craster_Parabolic

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Central_Meridian: 0.000000

Linear Unit: Meter

 

GCS_WGS_1984

Datum: D_WGS_1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

The distance between Augusta, Maine and Olympia, Washington is 4069.78 km (2527.77mi) before it was projected with the Albers Equal Area Conic.  After projecting the map with the Albers Equal Area Conic the distance increased to 4097.44 km (2546.03 mi).

 

The approximate latitude and longitude of three capitol cities are in the table below.

City

Latitude

Longitude

Denver

-105.222

39.846

Sacramento

-121.554

38.75

Des Moines

-93.513

41.708

 

The most populous capitol city in the United States is Phoenix, AZ with a population of 1,321,045.  The least populous capitol city is Montpelier, NH with a population of 8,035.

 

The layer that I chose did not have elevational data so I chose to look at the capitol with the largest land area which was Juneau, AK.  It has a land area of 2716.654 mi2.

 

USA_Contiguous_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic

Projection: Albers

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Central_Meridian: -106.000000

Standard_Parallel_1: 29.500000

Standard_Parallel_2: 45.500000

Latitude_Of_Origin: 37.500000

Linear Unit: Meter

 

GCS_North_American_1983

Datum: D_North_American_1983

 

USA_Contiguous_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic

Projection: Albers

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Central_Meridian: -106.000000

Standard_Parallel_1: 29.500000

Standard_Parallel_2: 45.500000

Latitude_Of_Origin: 37.500000

Linear Unit: Meter

 

GCS_North_American_1983

Datum: D_North_American_1983