GIS6005: Lab 2

 

Listed above is our last deliverable map for lab 2. In this we had to showcase a state of our choice and mine was the State of Texas. With this I used the NAD 1983 Texas Statewide Mapping System (Meters) projection. There are a couple reasons for this. I tried to use State Plane projections which I normally use, yet Texas has 5 of these as seen above. I also tried to use the UTM projections as well which can also be seen above in the map. There are 3 of those that fall on Texas. So this made using a statewide projection almost impossible with these other formats. I then found the one I ended up using the NAD 1983 Texas Statewide Mapping System (Meters). This is a bit older of a projection, yet the other option that had international feet instead of meters was from 1927. Most of the original State Plane projections were done around 1983 or 1984, but most of these were updated around 2011 as well. Yet, this projection I chose fit in nicely and had all the polygons that I re-projected fall into place quite nicely. It showcase the entire State of Texas falling into the surrounding projections of the continental US. In this map I still showcased the other projections as well or at least the zones that they would have fallen into if used. As a statewide case you would use the projection like I did currently. But, if you wanted to get more regional and break into the inner zones of Texas then it would make more sense to switch over to State Plane or UTM from that point. This was the most appropriate projection I could find to cover the entire state and I would recommend looking for other statewide projections if doing this to any of the other states on a large scale as well.