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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. A reference system (geographic coordinates)
Absolute Location
Temporal Resolution
Different databases
Data models
2. Lines that connect points of equal value.
Contour Lines
Dot Density Map
NODES
Measurement & Levels of Measurement
3. The smallest pixel size visible in an image - the limit of magnification
Abstraction
Geotagging
Spatial Resolution
API
4. 36 Spatial Res: 250m Temporal Res: 1 day Swath Width: 2 -330km
Mash up
Spatial Resolution
MODIS Bands
Dot Density Map
5. The 5 __________: TTCETH - 1. Triangle table 2. Triangle-Node table 3. Coordinate table 4. Triangle-Edge table 5. Hull-Edge table.
API
Data Classification
TIN Topology Tables
Verify Query
6. Preserve Direction
Nominal Location
Land Ordinance
Reference Maps
Azimuthal Maps
7. User generated content (UGC). Volunteered geog. info (VGI). Professional vs amateur. Neogeography vs GIS.
Structure
Vertical frame
Objects
Authority
8. Title - legend or key - grid system - distance scale - direction and compass rose
Norths
Parts of Map
Raster Data Model
TIN
9. 1. E - Ellipsoid dimensions. 2. D - Datum origin. 3. A - Angular alignment.
Vector Data Forms
Continuous Variables
Swath Width
Horizontal frame EDA
10. Google Maps or Microsoft Bing.
Polar Stereographic Projections
Navigational Maps
Mash up
Selection & Elimination
11. Classes based on natural groupings through examination of histogram (good: minimizes differences bad: data range uneven)
Map
Natural Breaks
Thematic Maps
Toponymy
12. The 4 types of ___________:SADD. 1. S - Shape: Conformal. 2. A - Area: Variant. 3. D - Direction: Preserved. 4. D - Distance: Variant.
Map
Relative Location
Dot Density Map
Polar Stereographic Projections
13. 1. An array of regulary spaced cells or pixels. 2. Each cell holds attributes (values).
Raster
Azimuthal Maps
Raw data
Abstraction CLD
14. 80 % of all information contain _________
Parts of Map
Location information
Data Modelling
Dot Density Map
15. _________ of the Real World: (S&E - S&S - G&A) 1. Selection & Elimination. 2. Simplification & Smoothing. 3. Generalization & Aggregation.
Abstraction
Hull
Contour Lines
Reference Maps
16. Geographic Coordinate System.
7.5' Map
Global network of data
GCS
Location information
17. When distances from the center of the projection to any other place on the map are uniform in all directions.
Location information
Primary key
GPS
Equidistant Map Projections
18. 7 Spatial Res: 30m Temporal Res: 16 day Swath Width: 183km
Bands
Vector data models
LandSAT TM Bands
Equal Interval
19. A Complete frame
Relational DBMS
WGS84
Horizontal frame EDA
Primary Color
20. GIS is ________ - spatial analysis & dependent on the computer.
Nominal Location
WGS84
Raw data
Grasslands
21. People creating their own maps - on their own terms by combining elements of an existing toolset.
Spatial Resolution
7.5' Map
Neogeography
Equidistant Map Projections
22. The ability to link files together.
Land Ordinance
Relational DBMS
Nominal Location
Arc-node topology
23. 2 ______: 1. Unique ID. 2. Type Code. 3 Spatial Components PLP 1. Point. 2. Line/arc. 3. Polygon/area.
Objects
Temporal Resolution
WGS84
Cartogram
24. A data classification method that divides a set of attribute values into groups that contain an equal range of values
Different databases
Equal Interval
Norths
Horizontal frame EDA
25. An assignment of geographic coordinates to locations.
Azimuthal Maps
Remote Sensing
Geocoding
Datum
26. Description by name: ex London
Equidistant Map Projections
North Arrow
Nominal Location
MODIS Bands
27. 2 ______: 1. Files/records. 2. Database/collection of files.
North Arrow
Temporal Resolution
Contour Lines
Different databases
28. The 3 _____: 1. True. 2. Magnetic. 3. Grid.
Norths
Landmark knowledge
Spectral Resolution
LandSAT TM Bands
29. Assigning location information to various media (photos - video - music).
Geotagging
Abstraction CLD
Thematic maps
Direction
30. Essentials of DBMS: Each record has a ________
Primary key
Vertical frame
Toponymy
Unique identifier
31. 9 Features & Entities: 1. Mountains. 2. Rivers. 3. Forests. 4. Clouds. 5. ________. 6. Cities. 7. Populations. 8. Streets. 9. Fire Hydrants.
NODES
World
Grasslands
Different databases
32. Representative fraction
RF
Geoparsing
Hull
Conformal Maps
33. Application Programming Interfaces (increases access like my maps on google).
Location information
API
World
Relational DBMS
34. Points taken at regular intervals from the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of a random variable.
Quantile
Simplification
NODES
Location information
35. Contour lines never _______
Intersect
API
VRQ
Vector Data Forms
36. 3 topological concepts: 1. Connectivity - arcs connect to each other at nodes. 2._______ - arcs that connect to surround an area define a polygon. 3. Contiguity - arcs have direction & left & right sides.
Area definition
Entities
GCS
GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
37. A map containing information on only one topic or theme.
Azimuthal Maps
Thematic Maps
Vector Data Forms
Different databases
38. Accuracy - reliability - responsibility.
Equal Interval
Contour Lines
Remote Sensing
Quality GIGO
39. GIS is ________
Multi-scalar
Temporal Resolution
Arcs
Relative Location
40. The reverse of each other.
Selection & Elimination
Lattice Model
Parts of Map
Geotagging
41. Relative to another known feature
Simplification
Relative Location
Land Ordinance
Navigational Maps
42. Arcs only ___ at Nodes
Join
Abstraction
Map Projection
Attribute Tabl
43. Area of the Earth that is displayed in each image
Data Classification
Equal Area Projections
Spectral Resolution
Swath Width
44. Shift in delivery (eg - require user interaction).
Objects
World
Dynamic maps
Raw data
45. GIS is not a ______
WGS84
Temporal Resolution
Map
Landmark knowledge
46. A 3-D frame of reference (model of the earth) used to determine surface locations.
TIN
Datum
Maps
Measurement & Levels of Measurement
47. Can not be made from other colors
RF
Quantile
Primary Color
Abstraction CLD
48. Explanatory list of symbols on a map
North Arrow
Intersect
Data models
Legend
49. The nature of relationships & connectivity between them.
Measurement & Levels of Measurement
Quantile
Conformal Maps
Topology
50. Where 2 lines/arcs intersect - an endpoint - or a point along a line.
Relative Location
NODES
Quantile
Lattice Model