topic Re: Best projected coordinate system for a study area in Southern Africa in Coordinate Reference Systems Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/best-projected-coordinate-system-for-a-study-area/m-p/809113#M849 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Alessandro,</P><P></P><P>I think using Albers equal area would be a good choice. Customizing the parameters to match your area of interest should be done.</P><P></P><P>Melita</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:24:24 GMT MelitaKennedy 2015-03-30T02:24:24Z Best projected coordinate system for a study area in Southern Africa https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/best-projected-coordinate-system-for-a-study-area/m-p/809112#M848 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>I have to an area extending between lat 0 and lat -35 and lon 9 and lon 45, in order to calculate the Topographic Wetness Index</P><P>I was wondering which one of the following projections would fit better for my purpose: Equidistant conic, Lambert conformal conic, Albers equal area conic.</P><P>I would also thinking to customize it by modifying the standard parallels of the chosen one so that they will be within my study area.</P><P>Is this the right think to do?</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you very much in advance for your help.</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>Regards,</P><P>Alessandro</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:48:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/best-projected-coordinate-system-for-a-study-area/m-p/809112#M848 AleSorichetta 2014-11-19T13:48:09Z Re: Best projected coordinate system for a study area in Southern Africa https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/best-projected-coordinate-system-for-a-study-area/m-p/809113#M849 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Alessandro,</P><P></P><P>I think using Albers equal area would be a good choice. Customizing the parameters to match your area of interest should be done.</P><P></P><P>Melita</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:24:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/best-projected-coordinate-system-for-a-study-area/m-p/809113#M849 MelitaKennedy 2015-03-30T02:24:24Z Re: Best projected coordinate system for a study area in Southern Africa https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/best-projected-coordinate-system-for-a-study-area/m-p/809114#M850 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Melita</P><P></P><P>Thank you very much for your help and sorry for the very late reply!</P><P></P><P>Best,</P><P>Alessandro</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:54:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/best-projected-coordinate-system-for-a-study-area/m-p/809114#M850 AleSorichetta 2015-04-30T19:54:34Z