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GIS Exam Study Guide with Correct Answers

GIS (Acronym) - Answer✔✔-Geographic Information System (pictures in the form of a map which are

created by a computer system containing a database, a graphics program and tools to manage, edit and

analyze geographically located data called features and attributes)


Features - Answer✔✔-Natural objects and human defined objects (all real world objects, trees,

buildings, roads, rivers, continents, oceans, counties, census tracts, parcels)


Attributes - Answer✔✔-Describe features in a GIS (Name of a country, its population, and area)


Types of information stored in a GIS - Answer✔✔-Features and Attributes


GIS (defined) - Answer✔✔-An integrated computer system that is used to display, store, manage, and

analyze data about objects on the earth.


Differences between Paper, Digital, and GIS maps - Answer✔✔-Paper - static, image does not change like

a photograph


Digital - map viewed on a computer which may be static like a paper map or may have some dynamic

tools for finding a location, zooming, panning.


GIS - more than a map, has a database behind it with tools to bring more information in, display data in

various ways, look at sets of data to see patterns & compare relationships, analyze data to create new

information, and helps to provide answers to questions.


Functions of a GIS - Answer✔✔-Visualization, Geodata Management, and Analysis



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(3 primary functions)


Visualization - Answer✔✔-looking at data on a map to get information and see relationships (GIS Map is

a window into your data with different views to see relationships and patterns)


Geodata Management - Answer✔✔-organizing and updating information so that it is useful


Analysis - Answer✔✔-applying GIS tools to geographic data to answer questions and support decisions.


Geographic Approach (def.) - Answer✔✔-1. Collect and organize geographic data to understand E


2. Analyze data to create geographic knowledge


3. Apply geographic knowledge to find solutions


(a way to gain understanding and solve problems by creating and applying geographic knowledge with

GIS as a tool)


Uses of the geographic approach - Answer✔✔-Automate workflows


Use resources wisely


Organize key information


Make and support decisions


Components of a Feature - Answer✔✔-Shape


Location


Symbol


Attributes


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