Chapter 1

Question 1

Geospatial Technology

Answer 1

a number of different high-tech systems that acquire, analyze, manage, store, or visualize various types of location-based data

Question 2

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Answer 2

computer-based mapping, analysis, and retrieval of location-based data

Question 3

Remote Sensing

Answer 3

acquisition of data and imagery from the use of satellites or aircraft

Question 4

Satellite Imagery

Answer 4

digital images of Earth acquired by sensors onboard orbiting spaceborne platforms

Question 5

aerial photography

Answer 5

acquisition of imagery of the ground take from an airborne platform

Question 6

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Answer 6

acquisition of real-time location information from a series of satellites in Earth’s orbit

Question 7

Geospatial Data

Answer 7

items that are tied to specific real-world locations

Question 8

Non-spatial Data

Answer 8

data that is not directly linked to geospatial location (such as tabular data)

Question 9

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)

Answer 9

a term used to describe user-generated geospatial content an data

Question 10

wiki

Answer 10

a database available for everyone to utilize and edit

Question 11

Crowdsourcing

Answer 11

the activities of untrained volunteers to create content and resources which can be utilized by others

Question 12

Google Earth

Answer 12

a freely available virtual globe program first released in 2005 by Google

Question 13

Virtual globe

Answer 13

a software program that provides an interactive three-dimensional map of Earth

Question 14

geotag

Answer 14

connecting a photo to a real-world location