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Chapter 1 - Introduction to GIS Flashcards

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This is the science of the description and distribution of diverse features of Earth’s surface

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Geography

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Who coined the term “geography”?

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Eratosthenes

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In what year did Eratosthenes coin the term “geography”?

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250 B.C.

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What are the three main branches of geography?

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Physical, cultural, and environmental

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Which branch of geography is concerned with the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere and biosphere?

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Physical geography

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What are five spheres of concern in physical geography?

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  1. Lithosphere; 2. Hydrosphere; 3. Atmosphere; 4. Pedosphere; 5. Biosphere
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What are three of four areas of concern of cultural geography?

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Political, cultural, social, and economic institutions

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What is environmental geography concerned with?

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Spatial aspects of human-environment interactions

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This branch of geography is concerned with political, cultural, social and economic institutions

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Cultural geography

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This branch of geography is concerned with spatial aspects of human-environment interactions

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Environmental geography

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What are three of five spatial themes of geography?

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Location; Place; Movement; Regions; Human-Earth relationships

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This spatial theme of geography describes the absolute or relative position of a feature

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Location

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This spatial theme of geography describes the unique properties of a specific location

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Place

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This spatial theme of geography involves migration, communication, and goods

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Movement

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This spatial theme of geography describes the properties of uniform areas

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Region

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This spatial theme of geography describes humanity’s interaction and impacts

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Human-Earth relationships

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What does location describe?

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The absolute or relative position of a feature

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What does place describe?

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The unique properties of a specific location

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What three things does movement describe?

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Migration, communication and goods

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What does region describe?

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The properties of uniform areas

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What does human-Earth relationship describe?

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Humanity’s interaction and impacts

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22
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Is geography highly interdisciplinary?

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Yes

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This describes the art and practice of map-making

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Cartography

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Is geography the same thing as cartography?

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No

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These are essential tools in geography

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These could have been the earliest known maps

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Cave wall maps from the late stone age

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When were the first city maps made?

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When were the first world maps made?

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6th century B.C.

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This discipline is involved with the measurement, management and display of spatial data

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When did geomatics emerge as a discipline?

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What does geomatics combine with computer technology?

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Traditional techniques

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What are four of six techniques used in geomatics?

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  1. Cartography; 2. Remote sensing; 3. Aerial photography; 4. GPS; 5. Photogrammetry; 6. GIS
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This discipline uses imaging to obtain information about physical objects/terrain

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Photogrammetry

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What are the five components of GIS?

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  1. Hardware; 2. Software; 3. Data; 4. Methodologies; 5. People
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This component of GIS includes computers, peripherals and servers

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This component of GIS is for storing, analyzing and displaying data

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This component of GIS is geographic information (including features and attributes)

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This component of GIS includes procedures and standards for collecting and analyzing data

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Methodologies

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This component of GIS collects, analyzes and interprets results

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What are two types of data that geographic information can specify?

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Features and attributes

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This type of geographic information describes surface phenomena with spatial coordinates

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This type of geographic information includes descriptors assigned to features

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Attributes

43
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GIS stores features in these

44
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Each GIS layer contains this

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A class of similar features

45
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Do GIS projects combine data from many layers?

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What are four of six functions of GIS?

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  1. Data capture; 2. Data storage; 3. Query; 4. Analysis; 5. Display; 6. Output
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This GIS function includes hardcopy maps, digital data, coordinates and survey devices

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Data capture

48
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This GIS function involves vector and raster data and attribute tables

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Data storage

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This GIS function is used to search, find and highlight

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This GIS function involves proximity, overlay and network

51
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This GIS function involves maps, graphs and reports

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This GIS function involves maps, images, data, documents and websites

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What are three of five things that a well-designed GIS can address?

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Location, condition, trends, patterns, modeling

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What are four of six different types of GIS users?

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  1. Emergency services; 2. Environmental; 3. Business; 4. Government; 5. Industry; 6. Education
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What are three things emergency services use GIS for?

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Routes, response times and building new stations

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What are three environmental uses of GIS?

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Monitoring, management and modeling

57
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What are two business uses of GIS?

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Site location and delivery systems

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What are four levels of government that use GIS?

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Local, state, federal, military

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What are three of four uses of GIS in industry?

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Transportation, communication, mining and healthcare

60
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What are three uses of GIS in education?

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Research, teaching, administration

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This provides the tools to manage, analyze and display spatial data

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GIS software

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