Which letters of the alphabet are used for the Southern Hemisphere?
A-M
100
What is a position determined with reference to a standardized and distinct location such as a point of origin?
Absolute Location
100
What are the three different types of aspects a map can have?
Equatorial, transverse, oblique
200
What is the name of the principal meridian that Geographical Coordinate Systems are based off of?
The Greenwich Meridian or the Prime Meridian
200
“The "321842" portion of "18S 321842 4304272" corresponds to which direction?”
X-Coordinate, Easting, etc.
200
In digit accuracy in MGRS, how many digits are needed to be 1000 meters accurate?
4
200
What is any position given with respect to some other arbitrary position?
Relative Location
200
What are the three different types of map projections?
Cylindrical, Conical, Azimuthal
300
Based on the Geographic Coordinate System, what country are the following coordinates located in: (-22.970722, -43.182365)
Brazil
(Rio de Janeiro)
300
This type of map projection is used by UTM coordinates:
Transverse Mercator
300
What is the major similarity and difference between the systems of UTM and MGRS?
“At the global level, the system uses the same 60 zones as the UTM system which divides Earth up into 60 zones. The major difference is the next step, when then further divides Earth into zones 8 degrees of latitude as we go north-south, and each 6X8- degree block is assigned a zone number and block letter.”
300
What is a distance in coordinate system ahead or in the y direction?
Northing
300
What aspect is preserved in an equivalent projection?
Area, another name for an equivalent projection is an equal area projection
400
Which of the following coordinates are represented in DMS?
a) 38°59'53.91"N 104°51'40.74"W
b) 13S 512558
c) 10S GJ 06832 44683
A
400
18S UJ 708 152 is accurate down to how many meters?
100
400
Give two examples from the book of who uses MGRS:
NATO, U.S. military
400
What is the number of significant digits used to record a measured value that actually have meaning in describing the measure?
Precision
400
What type of map is used for conformal projections?
Mercator
500
The coordinates 55° 45' 4.4784'' N 37° 37' 6.3228'' E are located in what country?
Russia
500
Based on what you know about UTM coordinates, what is located at 18S 321842.23249041 4304272.0672344?
Washington D.C.
500
The following is given in accuracy to a meter. Where is this? 16TDM4037436640:
West Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
500
What is the smallest element of a map visible to the human eye, or the finest level of detail contained in a map data, such as the size of a single pixel?
Resolution
500
How many points of zero distortion are associated with tangent and secant projections?