Midterm Review
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What is this journey that we are taking?
First half of course we've focused on making new data.
By creating a text file (CSV)
traveling a path (GPS)
manipulating data (GIS)
This takes a lot of precise knowledge
E.g., you have a GeoJSON, what does it store?
If you can create new data
you can create a map that has never been seen.
🚀
We'll be map makers for remainder of course.
Maybe you'll make a map as a gift to someone.
Questions like the following will be on the midterm...
Q1
- Why a map could be wrong to someone?
- Visit our first lab and task.
Q2
- Data are observations that are encoded in a ___________.
- We encode data in many different ways. Why do we do this?
Q3 & Q4
- What does latitude and longitude measure?
Q5
- What units are latitude and longitude measured in?
Q6
- What could be Lexington, Kentucky's latitude and longitude?
Q7
- What does the vector data model store?
Q8
- What does the raster data model store?
Q9
- What does a GeoJSON file store?
Q10
- What does a GeoTIFF file store?
Q11
- What do we use a scale bar on a map?
Q12
- What does a GPS require?
Q13
- What is the primary purpose of a map projection?
Q14–Q15
- Review the EPSG codes for projections we have used in class.
- If you saw a world map of countries and lines of latitude and longitude, could you identify its projection and EPSG code?
Q16
- What EPSG code does GPS data use?
Q17
- What have we used GIS for in this class?
- Recall our goal in the third lab?
Q18
- What tool would you use to remove overlapping features in a vector dataset?
Q19
- What tool would you use to create a polygon that is a fixed distance from a point?
Q20
- What tool would you use make a shaded relief from a Digital Elevation Model (DEM)?