What Is gis Flashcards
1
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Terminology
On this Gis of Nanaimo you can point to habitat areas and see information
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F
2
Q
Features are
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Real world objects you see on maps
3
Q
Features can be
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Points Wells souls restersunts
Lines : streets,
polygon
4
Q
Data what is it?
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For GIS data is in the form of computer digital files
5
Q
2 types of data
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Spatial
Attribute
Meta - when what how
6
Q
Collecting spacial
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G
7
Q
Attribute data
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V
8
Q
Database
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Structured set of data
9
Q
Coordinate systems
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Geographic
Lay long,
UTM
10
Q
Paper Maps
Depend 100s yes
Limited by how much display
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F
11
Q
Advantage
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V
12
Q
GIS
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Numerous companies
