gis presenting data

Question 1

map elements

Answer 1

objects placed on amap layout, such as titles, legends, scale bars, north arrows, images, and charts

Question 2

neatline

Answer 2

a line used to enclose one or more map elements in a rectangle

Question 3

North American Datum

Answer 3

combination of speroid and reference point that is used to minimize map distortion in North America

Question 4

projection

Answer 4

a mathematical transformation that converts spherical units of lattitude and longitude to a planar x-y coordinate system

Question 5

datum

Answer 5

a combination of an earth ellipsoid and a reference point to reduce mapping discrepancies for a particular region

Question 6

graticules grid

Answer 6

marks of lattitude and longitude placed on map boundary

Question 7

measurement grid

Answer 7

a data frame grid that provides measured x-y coordinate system values around the perimeter of the frame

Question 8

reference grid

Answer 8

a data frame grid that provides lettered and numbered squares on a map for use with an index of the features

Question 9

chart

Answer 9

graph created in ArcMAp from table data, such as bar chart or pie charts

Question 10

map extent

Answer 10

range of x-y values of the area being displayed in a map

Question 11

automatic scaling

Answer 11

fitting the contents of a data frame within a specified rectangle

Question 12

fixed scale

Answer 12

a constraint applied to a data frame to prevent the scale of the map from being changed in layout mode

Question 13

fixed extent

Answer 13

a constraint applied to a data frame to prevent changes in scale or extent in layout mode

Question 14

divisions

Answer 14

the number of sections given to a scale bar

Question 15

subdivisions

Answer 15

the number of units into which a single division of a scale bar is split, usually appearing on the left end of the scale bar

Question 16

division units

Answer 16

the units in which a map scale bar is measured and drawn, such as miles or KM

Question 17

division value

Answer 17

length of one section of a scale bar as given in division units, such as 100km

Question 18

dynamic labels

Answer 18

labels determined from an attribute and placed on a map automatically each time features are drawn and redrawn

Question 19

graphic text

Answer 19

text placed on a map layout that is not associated with a feature attribute; can be manipulated by the Drawing tools

Question 20

annotaion

Answer 20

labels created from map features and stored seperately for detailed editing

Question 21

reference scales

Answer 21

the scale at which text or symbols appear at their assigned size