GISP Exam Study Guide – Complete Questions & Answers (100% Correct)

GISP Exam Study Guide – Complete Questions & Answers (100% Correct) GISP Exam Study Guide – Complete Questions & Answers (100% Correct) Geodatabase - ANSWER - object oriented spatial model, native data structure for ArcGIS, and is the primary data format used for storing, editing, and managing geographic data. Types of Geodatabases - ANSWER - Personal, File, Enterprise, workgroup Types of Geodatabase datasets - ANSWER - Geometric network, network dataset, parcel fabric, terrain dataset, LAS dataset Distance relations - ANSWER - specifies how far is the object away from the reference object. Examples of distance relations - ANSWER - at, nearby, in the vicinity;far away Euclidean Distance - ANSWER - exact distance between two coordinates sqrt((x1-x2)^2 + (y1+y2)^2)) Manhattan Distance - ANSWER - vertical plus horizontal distance - abs(x1-x2)+abs(y1+y2) Internal Direction - ANSWER - where an object is located inside the reference object External Direction - ANSWER - where the object is located outside of the reference object Spatial Model - ANSWER - basic properties and processes for a set of spatial features Vector Data - ANSWER - composed of points, lines, polygons Raster - ANSWER - composed of rectangular arrays of regularly spaced square grid cells and each cell has a value (attribute) Pixel - ANSWER - smallest resolvable piece of scanned image-pixel is always a cell but a cell is not always a pixel. Temporal - ANSWER - the world is constantly changing. A static map can only show one time period at once. Imprecision - ANSWER - all data is taken from a 3D globe and transferred to a 2D surface through spatial transformations (projections and datum's) which causes distortions with the data.