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12.215 Modern NavigationToday’s classNeed for Map ProjectionsTypes of map projectionsProjection by characteristicsScale characteristicsLarge/small scale mapProjection type by surfaceGeneral characteristicsPlane projection mapsConical ProjectionConical ProjectionsCylindrical ProjectionsUTM coordinatesSlide 15Example of using UTM coordinatesNotes that go with previous figureSlide 18Map Projection resourcesNorth America under different projectionsSummary12.215 Modern NavigationThomas Herring ([email protected]), http://geoweb.mit.edu/~tah/12.21510/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 2Today’s class•Map Projections:–Why projections are needed–Types of map projections•Classification by type of projection•Classification by characteristics of projection–Mathematics of map projections10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 3Need for Map Projections•Basic need is because the Earth’s surface is curved and so it is not possible to represent on a flat surface with out some distortions•Flat surfaces were needed so that people could carry maps with them (still a major use)•With GPS, maps are now often represented in a computer in 3-D form or as ellipsoidal coordinates thus minimizing the distortion•The amount of distortion depends on the area to be represented (over small areas the Earth is nearly flat).10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 4Types of map projections•Map projections are classified either by way the projection is made and the surface onto which it is projected or by the characteristics of the resultant projected maps.•Some projection surfaces are planes, cones and cylinders (each of these surfaces can be un-wrapped into a flat surface)•Some map projections are purely mathematical so that they can minimize distortions.•We will deal (mathematically) with only projection from a spherical body. Most accurate map projections are projections from an ellipsoidal body.10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 5Projection by characteristics•The general characteristics of map projections are given by:•Conformality: When the scale of a map at any point on the map is the same in any direction, the projection is conformal. Meridians (lines of longitude) and parallels (lines of latitude) intersect at right angles. Shape is preserved locally on conformal maps.•Distance: A map is equidistant when it portrays distances from the center of the projection to any other place on the map.•Direction: A map preserves direction when azimuths (angles from a point on a line to another point) are portrayed correctly in all directions. •Area: When a map portrays areas over the entire map so that all mapped areas have the same proportional relationship to the areas on the Earth that they represent, the map is an equal-area map.10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 6Scale characteristics•Scale: Scale is the relationship between a distance portrayed on a map and the same distance on the Earth.•A large scale map shows a small area with a large amount of detail (eg. 1:25000)•A small scale map shows a large area with a small amount of detail (eg. 1:500000)•The interpretation of the scale is 1:25000 is 1 unit on the map represents 25000 units on the Earth•On many maps the scale changes across the map.•Usually the scale is shown graphically somewhere on the map and if the scale varies across the map, the scale should indicate where it is applicable and the changes in scale across the map.10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 7Large/small scale map Large scaleSmall ScaleNote: Scale bar in lower left hand cornerSource: http://www.mapblast.com/10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 8Projection type by surface•Projections are often referred to by the type of surface that the projection is made on to.•The three main surfaces are:–Plane (often referred to a Azimuthal Projections)–Cylindrical (Mercator is probably the most famous)–Conic projection•The characteristics of the map are set by how the surface contacts the Earth (e.g., a Plane may be tangential to the surface or it may cut through the Earth at some depth.10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 9General characteristics•All projections can be written in a form that allows plane coordinates x and y to be written as functions of  and x = f(,  and y = g(, .•The exact forms of the functions f and g depend on the projection. For the geometric projections from a sphere, these can be written as simple trigonometric functions as shown in the next few slides.•More complicated projections can involve more complicated and sometime approximate formulas especially when ellipsoidal coordinates are projected (such as the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection which is used for many US maps •On many maps UTM coordinates are given (also called grid coordinates) and GPS receivers can normally be set to output and interpret these types of coordinates.10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 10Plane projection mapsPP’ONNOPP’θXYPP’NrrRrRλSectionPlan view€ x=Rtanθcosλy=Rtanθsinλ10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 11Conical Projection•The equations to solve the conical projection will be set as a homework exercise.•In a conical projection, points are projected radially onto the cone. The cone is then “cut” and unwrapped to form the projection.•In the case shown, the cone’s dimensions are set by specifying the co-latitude of the tangent point of the cone (T). The distance around this part of the cone is set equal to the distance around the small circle on the Earth. This allows the relationship between longitude and the angle around the cut cone ( ) to be determined.10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 12Conical ProjectionsNOPP’NOPP’TXYPθθTDistance around tangentline (green) is set equalbetween real world andthe unwrapped cone(tangent point)rrrβ10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 13Cylindrical ProjectionsPP’φRHPP’P’HRλXY€ x=Rλy=RtanφSection viewProjected view10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 14UTM coordinates•The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection is most commonly used in the US (and many other mid-latitude to equatorial countries)•This is an ellipsoidal projection that divides the world into numbered zones in longitude. For the US these zones are:10/19/2009 12.215 Lec 11 15UTM coordinates•Within each of the zones, the latitude and longitude difference from the central meridian is used to compute the UTM coordinates.•These coordinates are given as Northing and Easting. (The east coordinates have 500,000 added so that they are not negative west of the central


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