NR 658 EXAM 1 WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+
GIS - (answer)Geographic Information System: A system of computer hardware, software, and people
used for entering, storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying geographic or spatial data.
What is the most important component in a GIS? - (answer)People
5 Core components of GIS - (answer)People: most important, develop procedures
Data: needed, accuracy can affect results
Hardware: processing sped and capability
Software: GIS, database, drawing,
statistical, imaging and other packages
Procedures: requires well defined, consistent
methods, to produce correct and reproducible
results
Map - (answer)-Cartographic representation of geographic reality
-model of locations and distributions of geographic features
-dimensionally proportional to reality.
Characteristics of a map - (answer)extent
legend
, NR 658 EXAM 1 WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+
scale
projection
coordinate system
datum
GIS also explained by having these 3 elements - (answer)Geometry, Attributes, Behavior
Geometry - (answer)Represent geographic features
associated real-world locations
Attributes - (answer)The descriptive characteristics
of the geographic features
Behavior - (answer)Geographic features can be
made to allow certain types of
editing, display, or analysis,
depending on what the user
defines
How long has GIS been around? - (answer)Since ancient cave drawings (~3,000 yrs ago), Stone Age
What was the first nation to develop a GIS? - (answer)Canada: analyze data
collected by the Canada Land
Inventory (CLI) to produce
statistics for use in developing
land management plans for
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+
GIS - (answer)Geographic Information System: A system of computer hardware, software, and people
used for entering, storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying geographic or spatial data.
What is the most important component in a GIS? - (answer)People
5 Core components of GIS - (answer)People: most important, develop procedures
Data: needed, accuracy can affect results
Hardware: processing sped and capability
Software: GIS, database, drawing,
statistical, imaging and other packages
Procedures: requires well defined, consistent
methods, to produce correct and reproducible
results
Map - (answer)-Cartographic representation of geographic reality
-model of locations and distributions of geographic features
-dimensionally proportional to reality.
Characteristics of a map - (answer)extent
legend
, NR 658 EXAM 1 WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+
scale
projection
coordinate system
datum
GIS also explained by having these 3 elements - (answer)Geometry, Attributes, Behavior
Geometry - (answer)Represent geographic features
associated real-world locations
Attributes - (answer)The descriptive characteristics
of the geographic features
Behavior - (answer)Geographic features can be
made to allow certain types of
editing, display, or analysis,
depending on what the user
defines
How long has GIS been around? - (answer)Since ancient cave drawings (~3,000 yrs ago), Stone Age
What was the first nation to develop a GIS? - (answer)Canada: analyze data
collected by the Canada Land
Inventory (CLI) to produce
statistics for use in developing
land management plans for
