This spatial data model type best represents discrete objects.
What is a vector.
100
This was the most common storage medium of GIS data and maps until the 1980s.
What is hardcopy/paper medium?
100
This structure, often arranged in rows and columns, records non-spatial characteristics that describe spatial entities.
What is an attribute table?
100
This product is the most common output of a GIS.
What is a map?
200
Errors occur because the speed of light varies as it travels through this.
What is the atmosphere.
200
This vector data type uses a coordinate pair to define location.
What is a point.
200
This type of digitizing error happens when a node does not quite reach the line or other node it intended to reach.
What is an undershoot?
200
This attribute category implies a ranking, or order, by attribute values.
What is an ordinal category?
200
These six parts compose a geographic information system.
What are hardware, software, data, people, methods and network?
300
The difference between where a satellite is located and its reported location.
What is ephemeris error.
300
This spatial data model best represents continuous objects.
What is a raster.
300
This is the approximation and simplification of real features when represented on a map.
What is feature generalization.
300
This attribute category implies a rank order and magnitude.
What is an interval category?
300
This is the art and science of map making.
What is cartography?
400
This type of GPS system requires a base station receiver to be set up at a known location that sends error corrections to a rover receiver.
What is differential GPS?
400
This non-spatial characteristics that describe spatial entity.
What are attributes.
400
This type of digitizing process is good for large projects, works well with a large number of elements on a map, but requires strongly contrasting colors to work well.
What is automatic digitizing?
400
This common GIS operation selects a subset of records based on values of specific attributes.
what is a query.
400
This type of scale shows a small geographic area.
What is a large scale?
500
Constellation geometry is summarized in a number called the
What is the Dilution of Precision
500
This spatial data model is composed of points, edges and faces.
What is a Triangulated Irregular Network?
500
This process brings spatial data into an Earth-based map coordinate system using control points.
What is coordinate transformation/registration/georectification.
500
This attribute data type represents decimal numbers, such as: 5.21 or -16.78.
What is a float?
500
This mathematical model (having two dimensions) serves as a basis for mapping the Earth.