Homework Assignment #2:
(Due on Friday, September 12, 2003).

The homework will be handed in by posting it to your webpage. No paper copies please.

1. Create a webpage for your GIS account.

2. Send an email to Paul stating the following:

Your name
Your webpage address
Your email address

Paul's email address is: paulbox@cc.usu.edu

3. Post an image of the Cache Valley map that we created in lab.

The map that you post on your webpage should have the following features visible:

Cities of Cache Valley
Roads
Photo Points
Cache County Boundary

4. Which city in Cache Valley has the largest area? What is the area of that city?

HINT: (We didn't cover this in lab, but look through the button discriptions until you find one that will provide a discription of a specific theme)

5. Your book has a section on coordinate systems. Two coordinate systems discussed in the text are UTM and STATEPLANE. Compare UTM and STATEPLANE in terms of:

Projection
Units
Accuracy

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