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Geo 150 Final Flashcards

1
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spectral resolution

A

how well you can tell different colors apart

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2
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radiometric resolution

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how many shades of the same color you can see

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3
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temporal resolution

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how often you take the picture

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4
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spatial

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pixel size

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5
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CCD

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Charged coupled device

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6
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passive sensors

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no flash

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7
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active sensors

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sensors with flash

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8
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name 3 examples of sensors

A

sonar
radar
lidar

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9
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orbit inclination

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the angle between orbital and equitorial planes

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10
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What kind of maps are topos

A

reference

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11
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what is the highest practical level of accuracy required on paper maps

A

.02 inches

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12
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how is emr classified

A

wavelengths

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13
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developable surfaces

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can be turned into a plane

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14
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points are what 2 things

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nodes and vertices

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15
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endges are…

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lines

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16
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faces are

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the complete polygon

17
Q

what is MAF and who and why was it built

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master address file made by usps for census

18
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dbms and purpose

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database management systems gaurantess consistincey of records

19
Q

TIGER

A

topographically integrated geographically encoding and reference file

20
Q

geocoding

A

figuring out where a street address should be on a map

21
Q

name 3 examples of EMR

A

fireflies
phosphorus
cherenkoc radiation

22
Q

black body radiation

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color appearing as heat is increased

23
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plancks law

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the curve fromed fromw avelength and heat

24
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what can spectral response patterns be used for

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to find healthy or u healthy vegetation

25
Q

NDVI

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normalized vegetation index

26
Q

recification

A

image corrwection

27
Q

geostationary orbit

A

matching earth rotation with satellite speed

28
Q

discrete edges

A

defined and vector

29
Q

continuous edges

A

undefined raster

30
Q

measure of accuracy in topo maps

A

scale sensitive

31
Q

small areas that make up larger topo maps

A

quadrangles

32
Q

name 4 parts of the nsdi

A

elevation data
hydrographic data
aerial imagery
satilite imagery

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