Geo 150 Final Flashcards
spectral resolution
how well you can tell different colors apart
radiometric resolution
how many shades of the same color you can see
temporal resolution
how often you take the picture
spatial
pixel size
CCD
Charged coupled device
passive sensors
no flash
active sensors
sensors with flash
name 3 examples of sensors
sonar
radar
lidar
orbit inclination
the angle between orbital and equitorial planes
What kind of maps are topos
reference
what is the highest practical level of accuracy required on paper maps
.02 inches
how is emr classified
wavelengths
developable surfaces
can be turned into a plane
points are what 2 things
nodes and vertices
endges are…
lines
faces are
the complete polygon
what is MAF and who and why was it built
master address file made by usps for census
dbms and purpose
database management systems gaurantess consistincey of records
TIGER
topographically integrated geographically encoding and reference file
geocoding
figuring out where a street address should be on a map
name 3 examples of EMR
fireflies
phosphorus
cherenkoc radiation
black body radiation
color appearing as heat is increased
plancks law
the curve fromed fromw avelength and heat
what can spectral response patterns be used for
to find healthy or u healthy vegetation
NDVI
normalized vegetation index
recification
image corrwection
geostationary orbit
matching earth rotation with satellite speed
discrete edges
defined and vector
continuous edges
undefined raster
measure of accuracy in topo maps
scale sensitive
small areas that make up larger topo maps
quadrangles
name 4 parts of the nsdi
elevation data
hydrographic data
aerial imagery
satilite imagery
