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Introduction to Coordinate Systems

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Introduction to Coordinate Systems
FOSS4G 2023

Introduction to basic but important concepts about Coordinate Reference Systems (what is doable in 20 min ;) - Geographic Coordinate (Reference) Systems - Different Datums/Ellipsoids - Projections (Mercator, UTM, LCC, ...) - EPSG catalog - WKT (well known text) description - Reference to PROJ.org library The purpose is to explain basic concepts to have a good basis to understand later more complex problems. The presentation will have a lot of links to go deeper into any area of interest.

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Speakers: Javier Jimenez Shaw