Category Archives: GIS

Isro,India to launch Italian, Algerian satellites

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

India – Antrix Corp. Ltd, the commercial arm of India’s space agency, has won a pair of deals from Algeria and Italy to launch earth observation satellites next year on the polar satellite launch vehicle, or PSLV, its workhorse rocket. … Continue reading →

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State Plane Coordinate System

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

The State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS) was developed in the 1930s by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey to provide a common reference system for surveyors and mappers. The goal was to design a conformal mapping system for the country … Continue reading →

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UTM – Universal Transverse Mercator Geographic Coordinate System

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Projections are a mathematical way of representing 3D earth on a 2D plane.The idea of the transverse mercator projection has its roots in the 18th century, but it did not come into common usage until after World War II. It … Continue reading →

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Geographic Coordinate System

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

One of the most common coordinate systems in use is the Geographic Coordinate System, which uses degrees of latitude and longitude to describe a location on the earth’s surface. Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator and divide the … Continue reading →