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a process, often voluntary, by which individuals who have demonstrated a level of
Certification expertise in the profession are identified to the public and other stakeholders by a
third party
Formed a committee to explore GIS certification and this work lead to the
What did URISA explore in 1999?
creation to the GIS Certification Institute
determine exact position of features and the angles and distances between them.
Surveyors Surveyors may collect attributes as they collect locations such as x,y,z values,
time, and other attributes
create visual representations of real world locations and use thematic mapping to
Mappers
show locations and attributes
Find positions of features and the angles and distances between them by
Photogrammetrists
measuring from photographs and analyze data to determine landcover
Use AutoCad and Microstation to create detailed plans for structures and collect
CAD (Computer Aided Drafting)
some attributes
How is GIS different than CAD, GIS introduces spatial and temporal analysis
Photogrammetrists, & Cartographers?
Read definition online (www.gisci.org/ethics/codeofethics.aprx) likely a question
What are the GISCI code of ethics?
about conflict resolution
What are the 4 obligations of a GISCI Society, Employers and Funders, Colleagues and Profession, Individuals in Society
professional?
What does HIPPA stand for? What is it Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPPA laws protect
for? individuals' medical records and other personal health information.
How would you comply with HIPPA laws Data anonymization, hex map, heat map, etc
if asked to map medical data?
What is does OGC stand for? Open Geospatial Consortium
What does FGDC stand for? Federal Geographic Data Committee
What does ISO stand for? International Standards Organization.
What does the Federal Bureau of the Publishes the National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS)
Budget do in regards to mapping?
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The Open Geospatial Consortium is an internal industry consortium of companies,
What does the OGC do? What does government agencies, and universities. OGC standards are developed by
F.A.I.R. stand for? members to make location information and services FAIR (Findable, Accessible,
Interoperable, Reuseable).
Give 4 Examples of File Based Standards KML/KMZ, GML, OGC and ISO Simple Features, Geopackage
from the OGC
Give 5 Examples of Web Based Standards Web Feature Service, Web Map Service, Web Coverage Service, Web Map Tile
from the OGC Service, Web Processing Service
A geopackage
What is a .gpkg? What is it based on? Can Universal file format for geodata based on SQLLite.
it store both vector & raster data?
Yes, it supports both.
It's an organization of federal geospatial professionals chaired by the Department
of the Interior.
Who is in the FGDC? What does the
FGDC do?
Provides oversight and direction for geospatial decisions across the federal
government
Addressing, metadata and content standards, geographic information data
What are some standards that the FGDC
quality, soil code standards, classification of wetlands, National Standard for
publishes?
Spatial Data Accuracy
Does the FGDC create metadata No, the Bureau of the Budget creates both metadata standards and the national
standards and the NMAS? map accuracy standards (NMAS)
What is the required horizontal accuracy 1/30 (.033) and 1/50 (.02)
of 1) A map larger than 1:20,000 and B) A
map 1:20,000 or smaller?
What percentage of points on a map 90% for both smaller or larger than 1:20,000
have to match the horizontal accuracy to
pass the NMAS standard?
What is the vertical accuracy and At least 1/2 the contour interval, 90% (again)
percentage of points to pass a NMAS
standard?
What is the minimum amount of points to 20 check points must be compared to a high accuracy data source
check for each dataset, according to the
FGDC?
The average of the distances between the mapped location and the actual
location.
What is RMS Error? What is RMSE?
Both are the same.
What is geometric accuracy? How close a mapped location is to its real world counterpart
Are the attributes associated with the location correct?
What is thematic accuracy?
(Is it a 4 lane street, or a 2 way street? The data may be geometrically accurate
but not thematically accurate and vice versa)
Precision is about process and consistency. If you take 5 GPS locations using the
What is precision? How is it different from same device, do they all fall in the same area?
accuracy?
A location can be precise but inaccurate.
What level of accuracy is needed for any Accuracy and precision depend on the business needs of the client
given project?
What is a planar measurement? A planar measurement is something measured in 2D space
Can an area measured in GIS be different Yes. Legal areas commonly do not line up with GIS measurements.
than a legal area?
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Terms in this set (612)
a process, often voluntary, by which individuals who have demonstrated a level of
Certification expertise in the profession are identified to the public and other stakeholders by a
third party
Formed a committee to explore GIS certification and this work lead to the
What did URISA explore in 1999?
creation to the GIS Certification Institute
determine exact position of features and the angles and distances between them.
Surveyors Surveyors may collect attributes as they collect locations such as x,y,z values,
time, and other attributes
create visual representations of real world locations and use thematic mapping to
Mappers
show locations and attributes
Find positions of features and the angles and distances between them by
Photogrammetrists
measuring from photographs and analyze data to determine landcover
Use AutoCad and Microstation to create detailed plans for structures and collect
CAD (Computer Aided Drafting)
some attributes
How is GIS different than CAD, GIS introduces spatial and temporal analysis
Photogrammetrists, & Cartographers?
Read definition online (www.gisci.org/ethics/codeofethics.aprx) likely a question
What are the GISCI code of ethics?
about conflict resolution
What are the 4 obligations of a GISCI Society, Employers and Funders, Colleagues and Profession, Individuals in Society
professional?
What does HIPPA stand for? What is it Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPPA laws protect
for? individuals' medical records and other personal health information.
How would you comply with HIPPA laws Data anonymization, hex map, heat map, etc
if asked to map medical data?
What is does OGC stand for? Open Geospatial Consortium
What does FGDC stand for? Federal Geographic Data Committee
What does ISO stand for? International Standards Organization.
What does the Federal Bureau of the Publishes the National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS)
Budget do in regards to mapping?
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The Open Geospatial Consortium is an internal industry consortium of companies,
What does the OGC do? What does government agencies, and universities. OGC standards are developed by
F.A.I.R. stand for? members to make location information and services FAIR (Findable, Accessible,
Interoperable, Reuseable).
Give 4 Examples of File Based Standards KML/KMZ, GML, OGC and ISO Simple Features, Geopackage
from the OGC
Give 5 Examples of Web Based Standards Web Feature Service, Web Map Service, Web Coverage Service, Web Map Tile
from the OGC Service, Web Processing Service
A geopackage
What is a .gpkg? What is it based on? Can Universal file format for geodata based on SQLLite.
it store both vector & raster data?
Yes, it supports both.
It's an organization of federal geospatial professionals chaired by the Department
of the Interior.
Who is in the FGDC? What does the
FGDC do?
Provides oversight and direction for geospatial decisions across the federal
government
Addressing, metadata and content standards, geographic information data
What are some standards that the FGDC
quality, soil code standards, classification of wetlands, National Standard for
publishes?
Spatial Data Accuracy
Does the FGDC create metadata No, the Bureau of the Budget creates both metadata standards and the national
standards and the NMAS? map accuracy standards (NMAS)
What is the required horizontal accuracy 1/30 (.033) and 1/50 (.02)
of 1) A map larger than 1:20,000 and B) A
map 1:20,000 or smaller?
What percentage of points on a map 90% for both smaller or larger than 1:20,000
have to match the horizontal accuracy to
pass the NMAS standard?
What is the vertical accuracy and At least 1/2 the contour interval, 90% (again)
percentage of points to pass a NMAS
standard?
What is the minimum amount of points to 20 check points must be compared to a high accuracy data source
check for each dataset, according to the
FGDC?
The average of the distances between the mapped location and the actual
location.
What is RMS Error? What is RMSE?
Both are the same.
What is geometric accuracy? How close a mapped location is to its real world counterpart
Are the attributes associated with the location correct?
What is thematic accuracy?
(Is it a 4 lane street, or a 2 way street? The data may be geometrically accurate
but not thematically accurate and vice versa)
Precision is about process and consistency. If you take 5 GPS locations using the
What is precision? How is it different from same device, do they all fall in the same area?
accuracy?
A location can be precise but inaccurate.
What level of accuracy is needed for any Accuracy and precision depend on the business needs of the client
given project?
What is a planar measurement? A planar measurement is something measured in 2D space
Can an area measured in GIS be different Yes. Legal areas commonly do not line up with GIS measurements.
than a legal area?
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