Analysis
Useful GIS data must have a ___ component
What is Spatial?
Boolean Operator that contains both items in the query
What is AND?
Links location and database information to help visualize patterns, relationships, and trends
What is GIS?
Based on XY coordinates, has points and line segments
What is Vector data?
Data about data, tells you who made it, when it was made, what it was made from, and what Coordinate System it’s in
What is Meta Data?
The degree to which information on a map matches real-world values
What is Accuracy?
An area on a map where two areas overlap and the data is 'missing'
What is a sliver?
Data Acquisition, Data Processing, and Information Output
What is the GIS Process?
Grids of cells to represent locations. Each cell holds a single value and is like a 'Paint by Number'
What is Raster data?
How many maps are required for the final
What is three?
The level of measurement and exactness. How reproducible a measurement is
What is Precision?
Converting an image into points, lines, or polygons
What is Digitizing?
Preprocessing, Data Management, and Spatial Analysis and Manipulation are all pieces of what major GIS process
What is Data Processing?
Data that has no break and a constant sequence
What is Continuous?
Written steps going through the process of creating data
What is Workflow?
Buffer, clip, merge, dissolve, intersect, union, erase, etc. tools
What is Geoprocessing?
GPS, Digitizing, Georeferencing, Questionnaires and surveys, and remote sensing are ways of
What is Creating Data?
A savable item that is similar to a layer within a map but will open with actual data
What is a Layer file?
Answers where questions. Where is the location(s) with the highest crime rate? Where has geological change occurred? Where is the best location for a new restaurant?
What is Spatial analysis?
A Title, North Arrow, Scale and what are all pieced on a good map
What is Legend?
Parenthesis, Boolean Operators, and ___ are vital to queries
What is Wildcard?
In order for a map to be displayed properly, both the Coordinate system and the ____ have to match
What is Datum?
Tool used to project a table with proper XY coordinates into a map
What is Display XY data?
Areas that allow you to group data together for easier analysis
What is Zones?
When is the lab final due
What is May 2 at 11:59 pm?