Setting Projected Coordinate System

Instructions

The Projection Settings dialog box allows you to set the projected coordinate system of your datasource, dataset, or map.

Basic Steps

Most of the commonly used projected coordinate systems are provided. You can choose a predefined projected coordinate system or customize your own projected coordinate system to meet your needs.

  1. Click “Projection Settings”, and then click “Projection Settings” in the drop-down list to open the “Coordinate System Settings” dialog box.
  2. Click “Projected Coordinate System” node and all provided coordinate system information are listed at right. You can directly select a coordinate system or input characters in Search box to locate related coordinate systems.
  3. You can customize a projected coordinate system, for details, please refer to New a projected coordinate system.
  4. Click “Apply” to apply to your datasource, dataset or map.