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- In the Catalog pane, right-click Folders and select Add Folder Connection.
- Navigate to your personal downloads folder and click on Downloads.
- Click OK.
- In the Catalog pane, expand Downloads and then expand the Workshop_Data folder.
- Your Workshop_Data folder should look like the below image.
Adding Data to a Map
For more practice with Coordinate Systems, check out our short course: Introduction to Coordinate Systems and Projections
- The map takes on the projection of the first data layer added. If a JPG is added first, then the map projection would be undefined (as the projection for a JPG is undefined). To define the map's coordinate system, in the Contents pane on the right, right-click the PlayMapping map and navigate to Properties > Coordinate System > Geographic Coordinate Systems > North America > US and Territories > NAD 1927. We use a geographic coordinate system because the data given is in degrees. We know to use NAD 1927 because the degrees data acquired from course instructors is in NAD 1927.
- In the Catalog pane, right-click the HST.jpg raster and select Add To Current Map.
- An alternative method of adding data to a map is to click and hold the item and drag and drop it into the map view.
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