LOCATIONS, LOCATIONS, LOCATIONS
SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS
GIS ORGANIZATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
100
GPS, which stands for the Global Positioning System, uses these earth orbiting machines to determine geographic locations.
What are satellites?
100
The four recycling and dumping sites revenue is collected for Solid Waste:
What are Compost Central, North Mecklenburg, Hickory Grove and Foxhole?
100
The acronym GIS in Mecklenburg County GIS stands for this. Hint: it doesn’t stand for Geographic Information Systems.
What are Geospatial Information Services?
100
Must have this before working overtime.
What is Supervisor’s approval?
100
Check these every 5-8 seconds to get and keep the “Big Picture” when driving.
What is your mirrors?
200
This soon-to-be-sold County facility is the current location of the GIS map counter.
What is Hal Marshall Center (first floor)?
200
Yard Waste types accepted at Solid Waste Collection sites include:
What is anything above the ground except roots or dirt and it must be 5 feet or less in length?
200
This is the price that Mecklenburg County GIS charges customers to download or obtain data from the Open Mapping site or GIS Data Center?
What is nothing (free)?
200
This group of employees are not compensated for working more than 40 hours per week.
What are Exempt employees?
200
When driving, aim your eyes this far “into the future”.
What is 15 seconds?
300
This term refers to the process of converting text addresses to geographic points on a map.
What is geocoding?
300
Disposing of paints and chemicals at the full service recycling centers costs:
What is no charge for Mecklenburg County citizens with an ID?
300
This group within GIS provides addressing data in support of Code Enforcement, Police, Fire and Medic response.
What is the Land Records group?
300
I can use this type of leave to spend the week at the beach.
What is vacation leave?
300
Scan all of these before entering them.
What is intersections?
400
This is the name given to the office building in East Charlotte where many GIS staff have relocated.
What is Charlotte East office?
400
A load that comes to a recycling center and is not easily separated, i.e. some is yard waste, construction materials, trash is called:
What is a mixed load?
400
The Maps and Project Services group, or MaPS for short, charges an hourly fee of $40 to produce these products for customers?
What are (custom) maps (hard copy)?
400
I can use this type of leave to take care of my ailing mother.
What is sick leave?
400
When possible, surround your vehicle with this.
What is space?
500
NC State Plane and Web Mercator are these types of systems used to assign a location to mapped features.
What are Coordinate Systems?
500
Wooden swing sets, lumber, doors, windows are examples of this type of solid waste:
What is construction and demolition?
500
This annual event, held on a day in November, showcases the use of GIS by Mecklenburg County and many of its public and private sector partners?
What is GIS Day?
500
I must contribute this percentage toward my NC Local Government Retirement.
What is 6% of my gross earnings?
500
If at all possible, avoid doing this with your vehicle. Plan ahead when parking, and consider the problems inherent with this activity.
What is backing up?
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