Unit 1 Part 2

Question 1

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Answer 1

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth.

Question 2

Mental Map

Answer 2

A personal representation of a portion of Earth’s surface.

Question 3

Geotagging

Answer 3

Identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates.

Question 4

GIScience

Answer 4

Analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies.

Question 5

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Answer 5

Captures, stores, queries, and displays the geographic data.

Question 6

Remote Sensing

Answer 6

The acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long-distance methods.

Question 7

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)

Answer 7

The creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals.

Question 8

Citizen Science

Answer 8

Scientific research by amateur scientists.

Question 9

Participatory GIS (PGIS)

Answer 9

Community-based mapping.

Question 10

Mashup

Answer 10

A map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service.