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Esri Academy: ArcGIS Online Basics
Liu, Z., Foresman, T., van Genderen, J., Wang, L. (2020). Understanding Digital Earth. In: Guo, H., Goodchild, M.F., Annoni, A. (eds) Manual of Digital Earth. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9915-3_1
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Main elements of global coordinate systems
The LatLong graticule
Geographic Coordinates (Longitude and Latitude)
DMS DD converter
Exploring further: experience ArcGIS Earth
LatLong Video Collection
Self assessment questions
Section quiz
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Why 'project' - compare spherical vs cartesian-flat views
Esri Academy: Basics of Geographic Coordinate Systems
Modeling Earth for Projections ...
Map Projections (ITC)
ArcGIS Blog: Geographic vs. Projected Coordinate Systems
Esri Academy: Basics of Map Projections
ArcGIS Blog: Coordinate Systems: What's the Difference?
Null Island - why is it there, and why do we care?
Properties of Global Projections
Viewing and comparing map projections
SpatialReference.org - map projections worldwide
I Hate Coordinate Systems!
Mercator Puzzle
The true size of ...
Map Distortions
Distortion ellipses (animation)
Visualising Map Distortion (Ian Johnson)
LatLong.net - Coordinate Conversion
Earth Point - Coordinate Conversion (Google Earth)
The World Coordinate Converter
Geoplaner - GeoConverter and Route Planner
Behind the scenes - basics of coordinate transformations (ITC)
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Geocoding
Screen Digitizing exercise
Adding a GPX track
Trimble.Learn: GNSS Basics
Sample - check out the data points we had collected:
Esri Academy: Location-Enabling Data (Web Course)
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GISTBoK CV-35 - Geovisualization
Task: share a map view
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Esri Academy (video):Living Atlas of the World: An Introduction
Living Atlas of the World
Esri Academy (web course): Teaching with ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
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