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ESRI – EXPLORING GIS MAPS EXAMBasemap - ANSWER A map that depicts locational reference data such as
landforms, highways, landmarks, and political boundaries.
Feature: ANSWER A map-based depiction of a real-world object.
GIS - Answer Geographical information system. GIS analyzes data and helps
answer global issues through the use of interactive maps.
Layer - ANSWER A set of connected features on a GIS map. A layer's features
typically have the same theme, geometry, and attribute set.
For example, a GIS layer may represent streets (theme) with lines (geometry)
and include the names of each street (attribute).
scale - ANSWER The ratio or relationship between a distance or area on a map
and its equivalent distance or area on the ground. Scale is often stated as a
fraction or ratio.
For example, a scale of 1:1,000,000 indicates that one unit on the map
corresponds to one million units on Earth. In other words, one inch on the map
represents one million inches on the world.
spatial analysis - ANSWER The process of investigating the locations,
properties, and relationships of features in geographic data to answer a question
or gather relevant information.
Map location - ANSWER A map can help you determine where items ar
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