GIS Section 5.1

Question 1

What limits the applications of GIS?

Answer 1

the imagination of those who use it

Question 2

What are cadastral applications of GIS?

Answer 2

• control and records of propertyand urban services

Question 3

How do cadastral/municipal GIS systems function?

Answer 3

• large databases
• allow full database query
• databases and systems = customized

Question 4

What functions do modern land records systems combine?

Answer 4

• land title
• survey and mapping
• land valuation
• estate management

Question 5

What are the benefits of modern land recording systems?

Answer 5

• streamline and automate processes such as title transfers
• centralizing access to cadastral services
• spatial information structures enable organizations to share data

Question 6

What does a document management system enable?

Answer 6

• efficient storage and management of data
• improved access to data

Question 7

Why is GIS good for industries?

Answer 7

can combine lots of data into one visual format (map)
(ie communication!)

Question 8

What can the real estate industry do with GIS?

Answer 8

combine data to find suitability of a property as a first-time residence, etc

Question 9

What is a GIS Internet Map Server

Answer 9

• customized GIS-based system
• can be used to find suitable real-estate for given criteria

Question 10

How can GIS be used for the retail industry?

Answer 10

• for finding the right site for a store
• combine customer surveys with census data, market share, trade areas

Question 11

How can GIS be used for a gas station site?

Answer 11

• combine knowledge of where people are likely to be traveling, when they will need gas, etc
• can create specific customer profiles

Question 12

How can GIS be used for marketing?

Answer 12

• determine which products/promotions match lifestyles of customers in the area
• create trade areas, predict sales, etc

Question 13

How is GIS used for target marketing?

Answer 13

• know and understand customer preferences
• identify most valuable customers, target mailing based on demographics

Question 14

How can GIS help routing and scheduling?

Answer 14

• integrated mapping analysis to calculate arrival times so schedules can be customized
• can build routing/scheduling system = more efficient, save money

Question 15

How can GIS be used for archaeology?

Answer 15

• combined with GPS to record archaeological sites/features
• combine/integrate space and time data

Question 16

What recent rapid advancements in computing have resulted in the generic field of GeoAI?

Answer 16

AI and ‘Big Data”

Question 17

What fields are contained within AI?

Answer 17

AI > Machine Learning (ArcGis is here) > Deep Learning > ArcGis Integration

Question 18

What kinds of algorithms are now being integrated with GIS?

Answer 18

Deep Learning

Question 19

What is deep learning?

Answer 19

type of machine learning that relies on multiple layers of nonlinear processing for feature identification

Question 20

What can deep learning be used for in GIS?

Answer 20

• object detection
• object cklassification
• image classification

Question 21

What is machine learning?

Answer 21

data driven algorithms/techniques that automate:
- prediction
- classification
- clustering

of data

Question 22

What is clustering in AI? Give an example

Answer 22

grouping of observations based on similarities of values/locations
- ex: basing high/low traffic zones based on Waze data

Question 23

What are some Deep Learning tools that can be useful in GIS?

Answer 23

• spatially constrained multivariate clustering
• hot spot analysis
• cluster and outlier analysis
• space-time pattern mining

Question 24

How might you use Machine Learning to Classify something in GIS?

Answer 24

ex. classify impervious surfaces based on reflectivity