GIS Lab 3 - Ex. 13a

1. The type of projections that is used in exercise 13a were three versions of Albers equal area conic projections that depicts areas in middle latitudes for the most part.
2. A datum, a set of reference points on the Earth's of baseline measurements, it also contributes as a XY coordinate system. For all dataset/dataframes they all have the same datum as GCS_North _American_1983.
3. The largest US state in area is Alaska with a total of 663,268 sq mi
(1,717,854 km) in area.
4. Apparently in step 19 of exercise 13a, the state that appears to be the largest is again Alaska.