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The acronym Geographical Information Systems stands for
What is GIS?
The math involved in GIS is…
What is Geometry?
Someone who uses GIS as a TOOL to ask and answer questions about space and
What is a GIS Analyst?
a way to describe a location, usually using a combination of street names, numbers, and other identifiers
What is an address?
A map symbol that shows the direction of north on the map, thereby showing how the map is oriented…
What s the north arrow?
a tool which points out directions, such as North, South, East and West.
What are the points of a compass?
A reference system used to locate positions on the earth’s surface…
What is latitude-longitude?
A “POI”
What are Points of Interest?
A collection of uniquely named information stored on a computer drive, disk or tape.
What is a file?
A database file containing information about a set of geographic features…
What is an attribute table?
A visual representation of a much larger area of land.
What is a Map?
Description of types of features included in a map…
What is a Legend?
The distance from the center to a point on the outer edge of a circle, circular curve or sphere…
What is radius?
The science dealing with topographical features of the Earth is…
What is Geometry
A Direction of a line measured from north or south
What is a Bearing
Linear or angular quantities that designate the position of a point in a given reference frame or system. The x and y values, or three-dimensional x, y & z values
What are Coordinates
A map showing the boundaries of subdivisions of land, usually with the bearings and lengths thereof and the areas of the individual tracts, for the purposes of describing and recording ownership. Also showing other features relating to the value and use of the land.
What is a Cadastral map
A map containing the background upon which geographic data is overlaid. Contains basic survey control and reference framework for integrating all of the other
What is a Base Map
A generalized, user-defined view of data representing the real world. A description of the structure of a database. It describes how data is represented and accessed.
What is a Data model
Points, symbols, lines, and areas on a map representing natural and man-made geographic features. An object in a geographic or spatial database with a distinct set of characteristics.
What is Feature
The quantities of latitude and longitude that defines the position of a point on the surface of the earth with respect to the reference spheroid, frame or system.
What are Geodetic coordinates
A code (usually numerical) used to locate or identify a point on a GIS map, such as the center of a parcel.
What is a Geocode
A series of grid coordinate systems prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the entire United States, with a separate system for each state. Each state system consists of one or more zones. The grid coordinates for each zone are based on.
What is State plane coordinate systems.
A set of defined relationships between links, nodes, and centroids. Topology describes how lines and polygons connect and relate to each other. Among the topological properties of concern in GIS are connectivity, order and neighborhood.
What is a Vector
A partial section of land established, measured and computed by the U.S. Government’s survey of the public lands. Often used synonymously with “fractional lot” or ‘fractional section”.
What are Government lot