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GEOG-G237 Final Flashcards

1
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Traditional types of surveillance (3)

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Census, Health Surveys, Immigration Info

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2
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What act allowed for more “ethical surveillance”?

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The Patriot Act (2001)

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3
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The personalization of surveillance has changed how we conduct surveillance by:

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Moving from borders or checkpoints to spatial ubiquity

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4
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What has made it easier to keep tabs on people?

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Computer networks and Connectivity (e.g. Social Media)

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5
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Define GeoTagging

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GeoTagging is the act of posting something to social media and physically acquainting it to a spot

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What are the applications of GeoTagging?

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Allows for media and data maps

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7
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What is Web 2.0?

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The second stage of the internet, the shift from static web pages to more dynamic pages

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What is GeoLocation?

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Ability of device to track your location depending on your device settings

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What objects can be identified through GeoLocation?

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Radar sources, mobile phones and Internet-connected computer terminals

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10
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The thought that surveillance is always happening

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Perpetual Surveillance

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How have we personalized surveillance services?

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Using these services to order and track the shipping of goods

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12
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What is Panopticon?

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Surveillance developed by Jeremy Bentham to be used on prisoners and inmates, and they cannot tell when they are being watched.

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What does RFID stand for?

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Radio Frequency Idnetification

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14
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What is one example of RFID at Indiana University?

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Tracking tags within ID cards for getting in dorm rooms

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Cell Phones can be used for what geographic functions? (3)

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Cell Phone Location, GeoTagging, and GeoLocation

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Examples of Data Trails (6)

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Credit/debit activity, internet history, bank statements, phone records, educational records, medical records

17
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What did Edward Snowden do?

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Leaked that the NSA and the GCHQ utilize Google Map data in order to locate individuals

18
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Uses of Drones (3)

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Species mapping, geomorphology, amateur usage

19
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How many drones are authorized by the FAA (i.e. Federal Aviation Administration)

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Over 30,000

20
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What is ‘BASIC’?

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Broad Area Surveillance Intelligence Capability

21
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Total Information Awareness (TIA)

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People view information and data about other people in order to prevent crimes from happening

22
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Sensor Types (3)

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Remote Sensors, Humans, Tools carried by humans

23
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Why are humans a type of sensor?

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Humans have 5 senses that they can use in a myriad of ways in order to interpret and compile data about the space around them, They are also intelligent beings and can interpret what they sense, They are also free to move anywhere making them very dynamic and versatile, able to collect data on a bunch of different places

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Satellites are an example of what type of sensor?

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Remote Sensors

25
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Examples of patchworks or combined projects (2)

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OpenStreetMap and Tomnod

26
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What is the main problem concerning patchwork mapping projects?

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We have no clue how credible the editors and their information may be

27
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Volunteered Geographic Information Systems (VGIS)

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Citizens willingly contribute geographic information and locations (e.g. Information about places, landmarks, and buildings; Pictures of places; Routes and Paths that connect different places)

28
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Examples of VGIS (3)

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WikiMapia, Flickr, OpenStreetMap

29
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Only a globe can preserve all of the following (4)

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Shapes, areas, distances, directions

30
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True or False: An accurate map must tell white lies.

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True

31
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True or False: Open Source systems are always free.

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False

32
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True or False: Closed source software cannot be altered and can only be purchased as is.

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True

33
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True or False: Open Source cannot be altered and shared after it has an initial purchase.

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False

34
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True or False: Maps are better to be useful than representative of the real world.

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True

35
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How is a GeoTag hidden within an image?

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Embedded in the .jpeg code

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