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For this project, the following data was used to create six visualizations of six different map projections:

Filename	File type	Description	Data reference (source)
worldcountriesWGS84	Shapefile	Boundaries of countries mapped using the WGS84 coordinate reference system	Esri, 2013
canada_prov_terrWGS84	Shapefile	Boundaries of Canada provinces and territories mapped using the WGS84 coordinate reference system	Esri, 2013
s_on_cmaWGS84	Shapefile	Boundaries of census metropolitan areas of cities in southern Ontario, mapped using the WGS84 coordinate reference system	Statistics Canada, 2021

This was an assignment completed for class. We were expected to produce a map layout of three pairs of maps according to the following criteria:

• Project “worldcountriesWGS84” to:
  • Mercator projection
  • Winkel Tripel – (NGS – world)
• Project “canada_prov_terrWGS84” to:
  • WGS 1984 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere)
  • Canada Lambert Conformal Conic
• Project “s_on_cmaWGS84” to:
  • Canada Albers Equal Area
  • NAD 1983 UTM Zone 17N

The final product submitted included a PDF of the map layout. We were also expected to provided responses to two questions that tested our knowledge and application of map projections. I included a PDF of my answers as well.