Deck 1: Its A Geospatial World Out There

Question 1

What makes geospatial data unique?

A)It does not contain any location information.
B)It contains descriptive information for all locations.
C)It contains a unique name for every potential location.
D)It is connected to a real-world location.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of non-spatial data?

A)List of addresses for a delivery truck to visit
B)Parcel database of all residential developments in a neighborhood
C)Digital map of all roads in a township
D)Map of locations of emergency phones on a college campus

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Describe two reasons why an address may be geocoded in an incorrect location.

Answer 3

There are many possible answers to this question.Some reasons may be;1)the address given may be out of range of the span of addresses listed for a link; 2)the street may have been typed incorrectly (or be called something else); 3)linear interpolation may place the point at an incorrect location along the line since the actual housing numbers may not directly coincide with the range of addresses present in the database; 4)the street may not be present in the database (for instance,a new housing development may not have been added to the reference database yet); and 5)an address point may end up matched to the center of a zip code rather than a street address.

Question 4

Computer-based mapping and analysis of location-based data best describes:

A)GIS.
B)GPS.
C)remote sensing.
D)aerial photography.

Question 5

Acquiring real-time location information from a series of satellites in orbit best describes

A)a geographic information system.
B)a global positioning system.
C)remote sensing.
D)satellite imagery.

Question 6

Describe three applications of geospatial technology in the private sector.

Question 7

Describe three fields in the public sector that utilize geospatial technology.

Question 8

Environmental conditions for the planet Earth can be monitored by which of the following?

A)Remote sensing
B)Global positioning systems
C)Non-spatial data
D)Tabular data

Question 9

Google Earth is an example of a

A)social map.
B)satellite map.
C)virtual globe.
D)GPS.

Question 10

Imagery that you can see in Google Earth

A)represents one "snapshot" in time from when the image was acquired.
B)is updated via a live link to a Google satellite in orbit.
C)represents the current satellite image from when you start Google Earth.
D)is not updated-you must use the Keyhole Viewer program to see current imagery.