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Locating Places
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GIS
Imaging
Graphing
100
Locational lines measured in degrees that are always the same distance apart.
What is Latitude
100
This type of map scale shows a large area with little detail
What is a small-scale map
100
The full words represented by the acronym GIS
What is geographic information systems
100
Name given to two air photos that can be used to create a 3D effect
What is a stereo pair.
100
Table used to record date in a software package
What is a spreadsheet.
200
Line of longitude from which all other longitude values are measured.
What is the Prime Meridian
200
This type of map scale uses words to describe the relationship between a distance on a map and a specific distance on the Earth's surface.
What is a direct statement scale.
200
The two types of information that are linked by GIS
What is location and attribute
200
Term for observing something from a distance.
What is remote sensing.
200
Type of graph that shows a relationship between two statistics using points
What is an x/y scattergraph.
300
A blue grid line that runs north and south on a topographic map.
What is an Easting.
300
A special kind of ruler that is divided into units of distance
What is a line scale.
300
Component of ArcGIS software used by our class when creating computer maps.
What is ArcMap
300
Process used to highlight patterns that can not be seen with normal light.
What is false color.
300
type of graph that uses symbols that have different sizes relative to the value they represent.
What is a proportional area graph.
400
Grid that uses letters and numbers to locate a grid square.
What is an Alphanumeric Grid.
400
A scale that uses a ratio to indicate the relative proportion of things on a map to their real life counterpart.
What is a representative fraction scale.
400
Type of map often created with a GIS where colors represent the value within a region
What is a graduated color map (or choropleth map)
400
Type of satellite orbit that allows viewing of the same part of the earth all the time.
What is a geostationary orbit.
400
Compares total values and their components in a column
What is a stacked bar graph.
500
A fun sport using GPS receivers
What is Geocaching.
500
The real distance in kilometres represented by a map distance of 4cm on a 1:50 00 topographic map.
What is 2 km.
500
The type of symbol chart used to show different languages spoken in a census subdivision for our GIS language map.
What is pie chart.
500
Type of orbit that allows viewing of the whole Earth over a period of time.
What is a near-polar orbit.
500
The four major components of the graphing requirements chart
What is title, legend, labels and appearance.