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Projection Wizard: Map Projection Selection Tool Bojan Šavrič Bernhard Jenny Helen Jenny NACIS PCD, Pittsburgh October 8, 2014

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Furuti, C. (2013). Map Projections. Online: http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/CartIndex/cartIndex.html (accessed April 23, 2013)

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Snyder’s Selection Guidelines Snyder, J. P. (1987). Map Projections – A working manual. US government printing office: p. 383.

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Selection Criteria •  Extent of the geographic area •  Central latitude of the rectangle

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Selection Criteria •  Extent of the geographic area •  World, small-scale map •  Hemisphere, medium-scale map •  Continent or smaller areas, large-scale map

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Selection Criteria •  Small-scale map projection •  World projections, normal aspect

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Selection Criteria •  Medium-scale map projection •  Azimuthal projection, oblique aspect

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Selection Criteria •  Large-scale map projection •  Aspect ratios and map orientations: •  East-west extent, landscape-oriented map •  North-south extent, portrait-oriented map •  Equal extent, square-shaped map

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Selection Criteria •  Equal extent, square-shaped map •  Azimuthal projection •  Polar areas: polar aspect •  Equatorial areas: normal aspect •  Other areas: oblique aspect

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Selection Criteria •  North-south extent, portrait-oriented map •  Cylindrical projection, transverse aspect

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Selection Criteria •  East-west extent, landscape-oriented map •  Polar areas: •  Azimuthal projection, polar aspect •  Equatorial areas: •  Cylindrical projection, normal aspect •  Other areas: •  Conic projection, normal aspect

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Selection Criteria •  Distortion properties •  World extent •  Equal-area, equidistant, compromise •  Hemisphere extent •  Equal-areas, equidistant •  Continent or smaller areas •  Equal-area, conformal, equidistant

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Credits •  Leaflet (web map) •  National Geographic, Esri, etc. (web map tiles) •  Leaflet.draw plugin (modified) •  D3 (preview map) •  jQuery (user interface)

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Thank you! projectionwizard.org cartography.oregonstate.edu