Projections and Datums Lab Exercise Videos

Module 4 · Projections and Datums · 8 videos · 1 h 7 min in all

Lab 1: How ArcGIS Pro assigns coordinate systems to maps

A step-by-step demonstration of Lab Exercise 1, demonstrating how ArcGIS Pro assigns coordinate systems to a map, and how you can change it.

4:31 min · Watch on YouTube

Lab 2: Finding and using coordinate systems of data

A step-by-step demonstration of Lab Exercise 2, demonstrating how to find the coordinate system of datasets, how to project vector data into new coordinate systems, how to calculate lengths and areas of polyline and polygon features, and how to use the "Statistics" tool.

21:48 min · Watch on YouTube

Lab 3: Assigning a coordinate system to a dataset that is lacking one

A step-by-step demonstration of Lab Exercise 3, demonstrating how and why to assign a coordinate system to a spatial dataset that does not have one already defined.

4:41 min · Watch on YouTube

Lab 4: Finding the geographic coordinate system

A step-by-step demonstration of Lab Exercise 4, demonstrating how to find the underlying geographic coordinate system of a projected coordinate system.

6:16 min · Watch on YouTube

Lab 5: Projecting between different geographic coordinate systems

A step-by-step demonstration of Lab Exercise 5, demonstrating how to project between different geographic coordinate systems and to visualize the differences between them.

9:11 min · Watch on YouTube

Lab 6: Selecting by Distance using different coordinate systems

A step-by-step demonstration of Lab Exercise 6, showing the consequences of using different coordinate systems when selecting by distance, and the advantage of selecting by geodesic distances.

8:55 min · Watch on YouTube

Lab 7: Projecting Rasters

A step-by-step demonstration of Lab Exercise 7, demonstrating how to project raster datasets and illustrating the problems you can have when doing so.

7:47 min · Watch on YouTube

Lab 8: Modifying predefined coordinate systems

A step-by-step demonstration of Lab Exercise 8, demonstrating how to modify a pre-defined coordinate system.

3:51 min · Watch on YouTube