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GIS EXAM 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers What is map? - Correct Answer- A representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features What is cartography? - Correct Answer- The art or science of making maps What is GIS? - Correct Answer- The automated acquisition, management, analysis and display of spatial data

GIS Exam 1 Review Questions & Answers 2024 What is GISS? Specify what each letter represents and what it means - ANSWER-Geographic - relates to a specific place on or in relation to the Earth's surface Information - is data to which some value or interpretation has been added. In GI, the information relates to measurements, maps, images, sounds etc. of the Earth's surface GI science = a fundamental field of study which examines the representation, storage, analysis, and visualiz...

GIS Exam Questions & Answers 2024 *Cartography: Thematic Maps* - ANSWER-... Thematic mapping - ANSWER--a form of visual analysis -used to show spatial distribution or pattern of a single variable -Common Dot -Choropleth -Cartogram (value by area) -Proportional symbol -Flow map -Isarithmic map What is a common dot map and what kinds of patterns can it depict? - ANSWER--used to indicate patterns of incidence and density -dots used as shading symbols -effective for depicting ...

Advanced GIS Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024 Empiricism - ANSWER--Small choices that an individual has to make during a spatial process. ex which parameter to use during a certain task, using integers vs bytes vs float vs text data types -results have to be repeatable, which shows validity -results are repeatable with empiricism -GIS is empirical Data and Information - ANSWER--Data is NOT information -data must be manipulated to become information -data must be collected and analy...

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GIS Exam 3 Questions & Answers 2024 description of reality - ANSWER-what is a model? dynamic - ANSWER-a spatio/temporal model is ________. static ("GIS models, what we have been doing") - ANSWER-a cartagraphic model is _______. descriptive, prescriptive - ANSWER-a _________ model describes the existing conditions; a _______ model predicts what the conditions should be. deterministic, stochastic - ANSWER-a _________ model assumes variables to have unique values; a _______ model...

Advanced GIS Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER- English Physician, used GIS to locate Cholera outbreaks by contaminated wells -GIS on paper maps Ian McHarg - CORRECT ANSWER- - Grandfather of GIS in 1969 made popular overlays for analysis and decision making- no computers

Why can getting points from a GPS into ArcGIS be problematic? - correct answer Poor connection - hardware and software issues; different companies/products/versions Difficult to find the specified datum/projection What is remote sensing? Give examples. - correct answer Collecting information from a distance; ex. photographs or radar/LiDAR. Typically satellite or air plane. Offer great detail over a continuous surface How is remote sensing imagery stored? - correct answer Great detai...

GIS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024 geospatial science - ANSWER-deals with the structure, manipulation, analysis, and display of spatial data spatial data - ANSWER-data which models the attributes of space 4 aspects of geospatial science - ANSWER-cartographic principles (maps), global positioning systems (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (aerial photos and satellite imaging) cartographic principles - ANSWER-orientation to maps, scale and resolution, map ty...