Geometric Aspects of Mapping Coordinate Transformations
Geometric Aspects of Mapping Coordinate Transformations
Geometric Aspects of Mapping Coordinate Transformations
5. Coordinate transformations
August, 2009
Presented by: R. Knippers
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Map and GIS users are mostly confronted in their work with transformations from one two-dim
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transformation of polar coordinates delivered by the surveyor into Cartesian map coordinates (section
Reference surfaces of a specific map projection into another 2D Cartesian (x,y) system of a defined map projection.
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Datum transformations are also important, usually for mapping purposes at large and medium scale.
data in the field using satellite navigation technology and need to represent this data on published map
Forward and inverse mapping equations (see section 4 on map projections) are generally used to tran
equation of the source projection is used first to transform source projection coordinates (x,y
target projection is used to transform the geographic coordinates (f,l) to target projection coordinate
geographic coordinates. The second takes us from geographic coordinates (f,l) to another map project
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