GIS and Remote Sensing Flashcards
It combines location and info about the location, can overlay different spatial info at once
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Info associated with an underlying geography, or description of location
Spatial Information
The science that deals with the construction, use, and princiles behind maps and map use
Cartography
Imaginary lines that runs horizontally, degrees latitude are numbered 0 to 90 north and south.
= aka as parallels
Latitude
The imaginary line that divides the north and south hemisphere
Equator
Latitued and longitude are ______ apart from each other
69 miles or 111 km
Imaginary lines that runs vertically and also known as meridians
Longitudes
0 degree longitude refers to __________ and is located at Greenwhich, England and continues 180 degrees east and west where they meet and form the __________ in the pacific ocean
Prime meridian and International Date Line
The key to read a map, and provides the essential info for the map reader
Map Legend
Ratio between distance on a paper map and distance of the same stretch in actual terrain
Map scale
- The accuracy with which a given map scale can be depict the location and shape of map features
- the smaller the map scale the higher the possible resolution
Resolution
The minimum size of objects that can be detected by a sensor system
Spatial Resolution
- used to portray all or part of the round earth (3D) on a flat surface (2D) map
Projection
A map parts of a map can show one or more, but never all of the following:
- true directions
- true distances
- true areas
- true shapes
Remember
- Longitudes equally spaced
- Latitudes unequally spaced
- scale is true along the equator
- shape and scale distortions increase near poles
- shows true directions
- universal traverse mercator (UTM)
Cylindrical Projection
- Result from projecting a spherical surface onto a cone
- best for mid-latitudes with an east-west orientation like canada
Cone projection
- result from projecting a spherical surface onto a plane
- best for polar or circular regions
- directions always true from center
Azimuthal (planar) projection
- It enables systems geographic datasets to use common locations for integration
- reference system used to represent the locations of geographic features, imagery, and observations such as GPS loc with common geographic framework
Coordinate system
A combination of factors; ellipsoid, geoid, datum, coordinate system and projection that identify a point on a sphere and on a two dimensional representation of the sphere
Spatial Reference Framework
The science of measuring the earth
Geodesy
The science of identifying and measuring specific loc on the earth
Surveying
A mathematical model of the size and shape of earth
Ellipsoid
Slightly non-spherical object, but not necessarily mathematically definable
Spheroid
A theoretical surface generated defined as mean sea level. Used as the basis for a veryical datum and as a reference for a horizontal datum
Geoid
A spheroid used as an (X,Y) reference to all points the real globe
Horizontal Datum
Level surface to which heights (elevation) are referenced
Vertical Datum
2 types of coordinate sytem
- Global or Spherical Coordinate System
2. Projected coordinate system
_____________ such as latitude-longitude. These are often referred to as geographic coordinate system
Globa or spherical coordinate system
Based on a map projection, such as transverse mercator, which provide various mechanisms to project maps of the earth’s spherical surface onto a two-dimensional cartesian coordinate plane
Projected Coordinate system
- Geodetic datum first defined in 1911 and is suitable for use in philippines - onshore
- references the clarke 1866 ellipsoid and greenwhich prime meridian
Luzon 1911
Fundamental point of luzon 1911
Hinanggayon, Marinduque
Latitude: 13 degree 33’ 41” N
Longitude: 121 degrees 52’ 03” E
- A homogenous national network of geodetic control points (GCP’s), marked by concrete monuments or majons, that has been established using global positioning sytem (GPS) Technology
- it is a local projection designed specifically for the philippines and primarily used for surveying political boundaries
PRS92 or the Philippine Reference System of 1992
How many points do you need in geo referencing
16 points
- it reduces distortion by creating a series of central meridians
- local series of projection designed primarily for collecting survey data in the philippines
Philippine Transverse Mercator Coordinate System (PTM)
Southern part of palawan
Zone 1
Northern part of palawan
Zone 2
Luzon, metro manila, mindoro, sulu, basilan
Zone 3
Bicol,quezon, panay, masbate, negros, cebu, zamboanga peninsula
Zone 4
Samar, leyte, bohol, central mindanao
Zone 5
- A single square cells
- each cell will have a value corresponding to its land cover type
- represents features as a matrix of cells in continuous space
Raster
- points
- lines
- polygons
- TINs (triangulated irregular networks)
Vector
Stored as indvidual (X,Y) coordinates (vector) or as individual column. Row cell entries in a grid (raster)
Points
Stored as a set of mathematically connected (X,Y) coordinates (vector) or as a set of connected grid cells (raster)
Lines
Stored as a set of mathematically connected (X,Y) coordinates defining the boundary (vector) or as a set of contiguous cells defining the interior (raster)
Areas
- sources those collected in digital format specifiically for use in a GIS project by direct measurement
- sources or data na kinuha mo personally
Primary sources
- Sources that reused from earlier studies or obtained from other systems
- raster scanned color aerial photographs or urban areas and paper maps that can be scanned and vectorized
Secondary sources
The measure of totality of festures
Data Completeness
-The degree of details that are displayed on a uniform
Data Precision
The discrepancy between actual attributes valueand coded attribute value
Data Accuracy
The absence of conflicts in a particular database
Data consistency
The gathering information about something without actually being in any contact with it
Remote Sensing
A ____________ in orbit around the earth has a sensor which scans the earth’s surface measuring the amount of light reflected/transmitted
Satellite
A satellite which is always in the same position with respect to the rotating earth
Geostationary orbit
An orbit that goes over both the north and south pole
Polar Orbit or Sun-synchronous orbit
- A device that measures a certain energy level of the electromagnetic spectrum and converts it into a signal which can be read by an instrument
- developed to measure a certain amount of energy dependent on the usage
Sensor
Anong gamit ng google earth na remote sensing?
Satellite imaging with passive sensor
A sensor which gathers data from another source
Passive sensor
A sensor that is the source and the reviever at the same time
Active sensor
Generated by a feature extraction from high resolution stereo staellite imagery
Digitial Elevation Model (DEM)
Uses inSAR or ifSAR which measures earth’s elevation with two antennas. In only a couple days, it has collected one of the most accurate DEM of earth
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
An active sensor that measures ground height. Using light from an airplane or helicopter platform, it measures the time it takes to bounce back to the sensor. From this, you can create Digital Surface Models which can be useful in forestry
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
A radar mapping technology is an effective tool for collecting data under challenging circumstances such as cloud cover, extreme weather conditions, rugged terrain and remote locations
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR)
Applications of GIS
Groundwater Geohazard Regional Geology Mapping Fault Line Mapping Earthquake Movement
Satellites specifically designed for erath observation from orbit, similar to spy satellites but intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc.
- google map
Earth Observation Satellites
An object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain
Radio Detection and Ranging or Radio Direction and Ranging
RADAR
LiDAR that uses a near-infrared laser to map the land
Topographic LiDAR
A LiDAR uses water penetrating green light to measure seafloor and riverbed elevations
Bathymetric LiDAR
Used for exploring and mapping the ocean because sound waves travel farther in the water.
SONAR - Sound Navigation and Ranging
Sonars that used primarily to detect noise from marine objects and marine animals like whales. It does not emit its own signal.
Passive Sonar
Sonar transducers emit an acoustic signal or pulse of sound into the water.
Active Sonar