Key Definitions

Question 1

Geospatial Technogy

Answer 1

include any form of technology that refers to place, space and location. Specifically they are technologies that organize and collect data, by referencing the information collected to a point on the Earth’s surface

Question 2

Global Navigation Satellite System

Answer 2

also known as the Global Positioning System (GPS) is a system of at least 24 satellites that circle the Earth, it can determine a user’s position in terms of latitude and longitude as well as altitude. This enables users to identify their exact location of the Earth via a smart phone or in car

Question 3

Geographic Information System GIS

Answer 3

computer-based mapping software that collect, store and analyse previously unrelated information and display this information as easily-understood maps.

Question 4

Remote Sensing

Answer 4

obtains info about the Earth’s surface without being in contact with it, this involves data collected above the Earths surface including data collected from space or by and aircraft, satellite images, and aerial photographs.