If you know the starting coordinate system or projection of your shapefile, you can quickly export the data into another coordinate or projections system using QGIS.
map projections
GIS Software
How To Use the Equal Earth Projection With QGIS on the Mac
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the ability to try out the Equal Earth map projection in QGIS, here are a couple of quick steps to set up this new map projection.
GIS Software
How to Use the Equal Earth Map Projection in Different GIS and Mapping Software Applications
Listed here are GIS and mapping resources that have incorporated the Equal Earth Map Projection.
GIS Software
Create Custom Map Projections
Flex Projector is a free and open source, platform agnostic software application that lets users upload GIS data and create customized small scale global map projections.
Maps and Cartography
Cartographic Anomalies: How Map Projections Have Shaped Our Perceptions of the World
Elizabeth Borneman explores how cartography and cartographic projections help and hinder our perception of the world.
Maps and Cartography
A Look at the Mercator Projection
Learn about the Mercator map projection – one of the most widely used and recently, most largely criticized projections. Amanda Briney takes a look at the history and development of the Mercator projection, how it works and some criticisms of the projection. The Mercator projection is just one of many map projections but it is one of the most recognizable.
GIS Data
Map Projection Selection Tool
The Map Projection Selection Tool was developed to help cartographers pick the best map projection for making maps in a GIS software program.
Maps and Cartography
Exploring Map Projections
Created using D3, Map Projection Transitions provides an excellent way to visualize a wide range of map projections. The page was created by Jason Davies, a freelance data visualization consultant. Map projection visualizations offers the user a glimpse at what forty-one different projections look like. Users can select one of the […]
GIS Learning
Free GIS Books
Building a collection of reference and academic texts on GIS can be costly. There are some free online source materials that can be a valuable contribution, especially if your book budget is nonexistent. Most of these free GIS books are available in downloadable PDF format and can be read from […]
GIS Learning
Best of GIS: Notable 2011 Geospatial Happenings
It’s been a very long time since I’ve done a “best of GIS” year end review. Listed below are some of what I have found to be the more exciting and sometimes just plain fun happenings and advances in the GIS and greater geospatial field for the year 2011 […]