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 Second Plane at Amis by Marxist theorist Terry Eagleton in 2007 following comments made by Amis in a 2006 interview. The Second Plane The Second Plane (2008) is a collection of twelve pieces of nonfiction and two short stories by the British writer Martin Amis on the subject of the 9/11 attacks, terrorism, Muslim radicalisation and the subsequent global War on Terror. "The Second Plane" is Amis's seventh collection of nonfiction, drawing upon pieces written for "The Guardian," "The Observer," "The Times," "The New Yorker," and "The New York Times" between 2001-2007 and is by far one of the most controversial and