State Plane Coordinate System State Plane Coordinate System The State Plane Coordinate System (SPS or SPCS) is a set of 124 geographic zones or coordinate systems designed for specific regions of the United States. Each state contains one or more state plane zones, the boundaries of which usually follow county lines. There are 110 zones in the contiguous US, with 10 more in Alaska, 5 in Hawaii, and one for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. The system is widely used for geographic data by state and local governments. Its popularity is due to at least two factors. First, it uses a simple Cartesian
The President's Plane Is Missing (film) turned the President into an action hero. In 1988, the reviewer for the "Sydney Morning Herald" wrote that it was a "dull film despite an excellent cast." The President's Plane Is Missing (film) The President's Plane Is Missing is a 1973 American television film directed by Daryl Duke with a screenplay by Ernest Kinoy and Mark Carliner based upon the Robert J. Serling novel of the same name. It aired on the "ABC Movie of the Week." With diplomatic tensions building and the United States facing a possible military confrontation with China, Air Force One mysteriously crashes in the desert