The number of satellites needed to triangulate an X,Y position ...
What is THREE
100
New areas on Topographic Maps are denoted by THIS color...
What is PURPLE
100
Datums are produced in two varieties, horizontal and THIS way...
What is VERTICAL
100
The systematic rendering of locations from the curved Earth surface onto a flat map surface is called....
What is MAP PROJECTION
100
All states use Township and Range as a reference system (on topo maps for sure). What is the other common name for T&R used in industry?
What is PLSS (Public Land Survey System)
200
A brass disk used to monument a survey is called a ....
What is BENCHMARK
200
Brown lines of constant elevation are referred to as...
What is CONTOUR
200
Precisely surveyed points used in development of a datum are often monumented points known as THIS.....
What is a BENCHMARK
200
Distortion on Earth's surface makes it so the shortest distance between two places is NOT a straight line. What is this distance called?
What is GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCE
200
North Dakota has two zones, ND North and ND South - which coordinate system seperates ND into these two blocks?
What is STATE PLANE
300
The free software used to download GPS points from a Garmin GPS unit is called...
What is DNRGPS or DNRGARMIN
300
What is the typical scale of a USGS Quad
What is 1:24:000
300
This is the datum that is the common default datum for all GPS units from the manufacturer....
What is WGS84
300
In a GIS, there are two common projection types used. The Transverse Mercator, and THIS common projection type.
What is Lambert Conformal Conic
300
UTM is common for data and study areas spanning large regions. What is the name of the two UTM zones that ND is located in?
What is 13 & 14
400
The three main components (or segments) of a GPS are:
What is USER, CONTROL, SATELLITE
400
The corners of the topo map represent two different types of coordinates. One is Lat/Long, the other is this:
What is UTM or Universal Transverse Mercator
400
What does the NAD in NAD83 stand for?
What is North American Datum
400
Most map projections are based on a suface of THIS type...a geometric shape onto which the Earth surface locatgions are projected.
What is DEVELOPABLE
400
The 13 original colonies do not use State Plane...they use THIS system...
What is METES AND BOUNDS
500
The name of the Russian based satellite system is...
What is GLONASS
500
What are the PRINCIPLE contour lines that measure RELIEF is referred to as...
What is CONTOUR INTERVAL
500
HARN (High Accuracy Reference Networks) exists in each of the United States to create NAD83 (HARN). What technological addition makes HARN accuracy possible?
What is GPS (Global Positioning Systems)
500
In order to change the projection of a dataset in ArcMap, you can't just right click on the data layer in the table of contents --- you must go through THIS separate area of Arc to do it (hint: it's the "library" where all of your data is stored.
What is ArcCatalog
500
PLSS is mainly used to measure and survey THESE for land owners