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Which of the following is another name for a line of longitude? Parallel Small Circle LAtitude Meridian  Meridian An ellipsoid that apprx the shape of a sphere is called a spheriod. True/False  True Which of the following spheroids is now regarded as the best model of the earth for ...

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GIS Questions and Answers 2024/2025
Which of the following is another name for a line of longitude?

Parallel

Small Circle

LAtitude

Meridian


 Meridian


An ellipsoid that apprx the shape of a sphere is called a spheriod.

True/False


 True


Which of the following spheroids is now regarded as the best model of the earth for the

region of North America?

Clarke 1866

International 1924

Bessel 1841

GRS80

 GRS80


Different spheriods are used throughout the world to account for local irregularities in the

shape of the earth.

True/False

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 True


Which lines on the graticule run N-S, converge at the poles, and mark angular distance E-W

of the prime meridian?

Major axis

Lines of Lat

Lines of Long

Parallels

 Lines of Long


The earth's spherical coord. sys is an angular coord. sys.

True/False

 True


The distance between meridians is a constant value

True/False

 False


After converting from DMS to DD, the point location for a spot in Southern California ended

up in China. What happened?

Calculations failed to account for axial precession

It was the result of continental drift

The coord for long needs to be neg



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The calculator needs to be in deg mode instead of dms

 The coord for long needs to be neg.


With GIS data, which format is appropriate for recording a geographic location?

42.944, -122.172

42 deg, 16 min, 23 sec

Broadway and Lexington

380 New York Street

 42.944, -122.172


When people say that meta data is data about data, what do they mean?

Metadata distinguishes between vector and raster data

Metadata is data that describes data

Metadata lists the data's data

Metadata is commonly used tautology

 Metadata is data about the data


You are creating a streets dataset. You want to constrain the Types field to local rods,

highways, and off-ramps. Which data behavior would you use?

Networking

Domains

Subtypes



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