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GIS: Geographic Information Systems
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 3 ______ attributes: 1. Values. 2. Relations. 3. Quality.
Raster
Compass & human analysis
Measurement & Levels of Measurement
VRQ
2. Consists of F & E: 1. Features. 2. Entities.
Intersect
Reference maps
World
Map
3. When parallels & meridians intersect at right angles.
Vector Data Forms
Conformal Map Projections
Reference Maps
Neogeography
4. The study of place names - origins - history & meanings.
Reference Maps
Landmark knowledge
Grasslands
Toponymy
5. 1. An array of regulary spaced cells or pixels. 2. Each cell holds attributes (values).
GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Parts of Map
Verify Query
Raster
6. Application Programming Interfaces (increases access like my maps on google).
Abstraction
Vertical frame
API
Primary Color
7. Google Maps or Microsoft Bing.
Lattice Model
TIN Topology Tables
Equal Area Projections
Mash up
8. Representative fraction
RF
Direction
Measurement & Levels of Measurement
Quality GIGO
9. Accuracy - reliability - responsibility.
Land Ordinance
GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Quantile
Quality GIGO
10. People creating their own maps - on their own terms by combining elements of an existing toolset.
Conformal Map Projections
Neogeography
Thematic maps
Raster
11. Lines that connect points of equal value.
Contour Lines
Data models
Compass & human analysis
Primary key
12. The 5 key concepts in Geography & GIS (LDDSN) 1. Location. 2. _________. 3. Distance. 4. Space. 5. Navigation.
Grasslands
Direction
Topology
Natural Breaks
13. When distances from the center of the projection to any other place on the map are uniform in all directions.
Equidistant Map Projections
Area definition
Temporal Resolution
GPS
14. 2 ______: 1. Unique ID. 2. Type Code. 3 Spatial Components PLP 1. Point. 2. Line/arc. 3. Polygon/area.
Objects
Survey knowledge
Reference maps
Structure
15. Triangulated Irregular Network.
TIN
Bands
Join
Lattice Model
16. 1. E - Ellipsoid dimensions. 2. D - Datum origin. 3. A - Angular alignment.
Structure
Azimuthal Maps
Horizontal frame EDA
Dynamic maps
17. User generated content (UGC). Volunteered geog. info (VGI). Professional vs amateur. Neogeography vs GIS.
Geocoding
Raster
Datum
Authority
18. Can assume all values between any two specific values. They are obtained by measuring.
Continuous Variables
VRQ
Selection & Elimination
Relational DBMS
19. Explanatory list of symbols on a map
Attribute Tabl
Raw data
Compass & human analysis
Legend
20. Preserve Direction
Compass & human analysis
Azimuthal Maps
Vertical frame
Multi-scalar
21. Contour lines never _______
Intersect
Thematic maps
Temporal Resolution
Spatial Resolution
22. Defined by NOIR NOIR N-Nominal - qualitive data. O-Ordinal - order or ranking. I-Interval - numeric scale - arbitrary units. R - Ratio - fixed origin - continuous scale.
Measurement & Levels of Measurement
Unique identifier
Primary Color
Neogeography
23. 80 % of all information contain _________
Thematic maps
Location information
North Arrow
Relational DBMS
24. Digital Elevation Model
Temporal Resolution
DEM
Dot Density Map
World
25. 3 levels of _______:1. Conceptual - definitions - attributes. 2. Logical Model - formalize definitions & measures. 3. Digital Model - define & describe features.
Abstraction CLD
Dot Density Map
Toponymy
Vertical frame
26. Description by name: ex London
Nominal Location
LandSAT TM Bands
Equal Area Projections
Map Projection
27. The 4 elements or ______: 1. Cell Value - each cell carries a value. 2. Cell size - this determines the resolution. 3. Raster bands - Can have single or multiple bands. 4. Spatial Reference - Raster data must have spatial reference.
Datum
Legend
Raster Data Model
Nominal Location
28. Are made with GIS
Equal Area Projections
Raw data
Discrete Variables
Maps
29. Townships were six miles square - and were subdivided into 36 sections - each section consisting of one square mile. One section of each township was set aside to support public education - and the remaining sections were to be sold at public auction
Compass & human analysis
Land Ordinance
Hull
Vertical frame
30. The ability to link files together.
Neogeography
Relational DBMS
MODIS Bands
GCS
31. Data Modelling - Turning entities into complex objects (geometry - quality).
Parts of Map
MODIS Bands
Spatial Resolution
GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
32. Points - Polygons - Lines
Structure
API
TIN Topology Tables
Vector Data Forms
33. Global Positioning System.
Spectral Resolution
Geoparsing
GPS
Bands
34. Maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features determined by a frame of reference - typically latitude and longitude
Grasslands
Reference Maps
Abstraction
Raw data
35. The 5 __________: TTCETH - 1. Triangle table 2. Triangle-Node table 3. Coordinate table 4. Triangle-Edge table 5. Hull-Edge table.
World
North Arrow
Thematic Maps
TIN Topology Tables
36. The 3 _____: 1. True. 2. Magnetic. 3. Grid.
Geocoding
Compass & human analysis
Temporal Resolution
Norths
37. Regulary spaced sample of points representing a surface.
Location information
Primary key
Lattice Model
Neogeography
38. GIS is not a ______
Polar Stereographic Projections
Map
Topology
Remote Sensing
39. Preserve Shape
Vertical frame
Land Ordinance
Conformal Maps
Arc-node topology
40. Map in which some thematic mapping variable is substituted for area (like a graph in a map)
Neogeography
Join
Conformal Map Projections
Cartogram
41. 3 different types of ________ - content & services ICS I - Infrastructure (Hardware & Sensors). C - Content (sensors - APIs - UGC & VGI). S - Standards (or lack thereof): access - authority.
Global network of data
Equidistant Map Projections
Spatial Resolution
LandSAT TM Bands
42. Identify unique points - patterns or features in space.
Landmark knowledge
Land Ordinance
Data models
Equidistant Map Projections
43. LN 1. L - Level Surfaces. 2. N - NAVD88.
Spatial analysis
Discrete Variables
Vertical frame
DEM
44. Files in the DB can be linked or joined using the _______
Primary key
Quality GIGO
Reference Maps
Intersect
45. Smoothing & Shape abstraction.
NODES
Simplification
Spatial analysis
Nominal Location
46. Provide information about a particular topic or theme.
Abstraction
Dot Density Map
Conformal Maps
Thematic maps
47. When areas on a map maintain the same proportional relationship to the areas on the earth that they represent.
Equal Area Projections
Area definition
API
Selection & Elimination
48. A process of mathematical conversion.
Map Projection
Remote Sensing
MODIS Bands
North Arrow
49. Fixed entitites - Can only take a specific value (Ex. number of students in a class - anything that is counted and not measured)
7.5' Map
World
Discrete Variables
Natural Breaks
50. 9 Features & Entities: 1. Mountains. 2. Rivers. 3. Forests. 4. Clouds. 5. ________. 6. Cities. 7. Populations. 8. Streets. 9. Fire Hydrants.
Norths
Grasslands
Data Classification
Vector data models