We spent a long time on this and I'm still not sure we communicated it well to learners. Feedback from various facilitators:
The projections sections is always going to be difficult so I think we should make it as practical as possible - e.g. show what happens if you add things with the wrong projection, mention effects on geoprocessing units, and give advice on how to troubleshoot
Visual comparison of a few global CRS options might be helpful - e.g. Mercator vs Robinson vs Equal Earth (to illustrate the tradeoffs)
Projection seems to be a noticeable issue. I think we should cover a bit in one of the module about projection in GIS? And add some remark about this in the "start teaching" part to inform future facilitators about this possible issue?
isikl
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We spent a long time on this and I'm still not sure we communicated it well to learners. Feedback from various facilitators:
The projections sections is always going to be difficult so I think we should make it as practical as possible - e.g. show what happens if you add things with the wrong projection, mention effects on geoprocessing units, and give advice on how to troubleshoot
Visual comparison of a few global CRS options might be helpful - e.g. Mercator vs Robinson vs Equal Earth (to illustrate the tradeoffs)
Projection seems to be a noticeable issue. I think we should cover a bit in one of the module about projection in GIS? And add some remark about this in the "start teaching" part to inform future facilitators about this possible issue?