GEOG 121 Project 2:
Coordinates and Projections

Stephen Crawford

1. Geographic and Plane Coordinates of Selected Cities

City Lat Long UTM Zone Easting Northing
New York 40°42' N 74°00' W 18 584,482 m 4,505,936 m
Baghdad, Iraq 33°20' N 44°26' E 38 447,264 m 3,688,385 m
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22°53' S 43°17' W 23 676,096 m 7,468,369 m
Sydney, Australia 33°55' S 151°10' E 5 669,481 m 6,245,571 m

 

2. Plotting Points and Map Projections

Map 1 Metadata

BOUNDING COORDINATES
West Bounding Coordinate: 110°
East Bounding Coordinate: 160°
North Bounding Coordinate: -10°
South Bounding Coordinate: -45°

NOMINAL SCALE: 1:42,105,258
(Note: Actual representative fraction varies with screen or printer resolution. Bar scale is always correct.)

PROJECTION TYPE: Cylindric

PROJECTION NAME: Mercator

PROPERTY PRESERVED: Angles measured at points on the map equal to angles measured at points on the globe.

 

Map 2 Metadata

BOUNDING COORDINATES
West Bounding Coordinate: 105°
East Bounding Coordinate: 155°
North Bounding Coordinate: -7°
South Bounding Coordinate: -45°

NOMINAL SCALE: 1:42,105,258
(Note: Actual representative fraction varies with screen or printer resolution. Bar scale is always correct.)

PROJECTION TYPE: Conic

PROJECTION NAME: Lambert Azimuthal

PROPERTIES PRESERVED: Areas on map equal to areas on the globe, and directions from one or two points to all other points on the map are correct. Distortion is zero at the center of the projection and increases radially from this point.

Sources
Geographic coordinates: Getty Information Institute Thesaurus of Geographic Names
UTM coordinates: Alan Morton's Transverse Mercator Calculator
Map projections: Online Map Creation