Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GIS year one exam

  • Introduction
  • Systems 
  • Principle of geodosy
  • Spatial referencing and coordinate systems
  • Global positioning system
  • Data representation and storage
  • Getting data 
  • Spatial analysis
  • GIS outputs
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  • Created by: Sophie
  • Created on: 05-01-15 08:58

1. What is an issue of non coordinate systems?

  • Point can be found by conversion to centroid
  • Specific for certain analysis techniques
  • Does not initially locate a specific point
  • Useful for those with a computer system
  • Identifies locations of small areas
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2. Which is not a topological relationship?

  • Touches
  • Equals
  • Disjoints
  • Contains
  • Above
  • Intersects
  • Overlays
  • Covers

3. What is the purpose of ground stations?

  • To create 3D features by tracking information back and forth to the 4th satellite
  • To send updates to the receiver
  • To send update info to satellites and corrections to clocks and celestial locations of ephemeris data
  • To create atomic clocks with the reciever

4. What is the definition of spatial data models?

  • Enable trends and patterns to be formed from attribute tables
  • Is the analysing of spatial objects that are used in a spatial analyses and the identification of the relationships among these objects
  • To provide a synthesis of data within a GIS

5. What does a DBMS not do?

  • Analyse
  • Extract
  • Store
  • Modify

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