Who established the prime meridian in London England
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George airy
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Lines are and run north-south
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Longitude; not parallel
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Actual map projections are made not by casting shadows on paper but by applying that manipulate the scales of the surface features
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mathematical formulas
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A bird conservation society has a database of every bird spotted by members in the past year To make this data part of a GIS would require tying each sighting to
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a location on a digital map.
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A chain of hardware stores has databases of purchases To use these databases in a GIS they must be tied to
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locations on a digital map.
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What is a question normally asked by mapmakers before they design a new map
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How large are each of the map elements?
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From the standpoint of geography and demography a consists of people who live in a particular area
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all of the people; population
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From the standpoint of geography a is an internal rendering of an individuals known world
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mental map!!
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All maps exclude a lot more than they
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All maps exclude a-lot more than they include and can and
doesn't include bias.
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Maps are especially useful for showing aspects of the world that cannot be seen directly These include what
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political boundaries
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GIS stands for what in geography
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Geographic Information System
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Mercator projection The travels of Marco Polo Ibn Idrisi's world map Robinson projection Arrange these events from the history of cartography in the order in which they occurred
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A geographic information system is information that is what
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Geographic information is information that has some spatial component, usually in relation to the earth. The information is stored in spatial co-ordinates and can be one of a variety of geometries, such as a single point, a line of points or an enclosed line of points such as a polygon.
A geographic information system can support spatially referenced information. Many kinds of information can have a spatial component. A geographic information system is capable of understanding the spatial nature of the information and provides functionality that supports it.
For example, a dataset of national parks in a non-geographic system has no awareness of the geographical position of the park. In a geogrpahical information system the geometry of the park and its spatial location on the earth can be described. With this kind of information the parks can be queried and compared based on geographic properties, such as:
the distance between parks
the boundary length or area of the park
spatial querying, for instance parks that are within a bounding area
spatial comparison, what's the biggest park? What is the nearest park to some point?
Geographic information systems can often also visualise geographic data: for instance, Google Maps can display the geometry of road information.
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Arrange these events from the history of cartography in the order in which they occurred.
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Piri Reis's map,
Mercator projection,
Captain Cook maps Newfoundland,
Robinson projection
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Who established the prime meridian in London England
George airy
Lines are and run north-south
Longitude; not parallel
Actual map projections are made not by casting shadows on paper but by applying that manipulate the scales of the surface features
mathematical formulas
A bird conservation society has a database of every bird spotted by members in the past year To make this data part of a GIS would require tying each sighting to
a location on a digital map.
A chain of hardware stores has databases of purchases To use these databases in a GIS they must be tied to
locations on a digital map.
What is a question normally asked by mapmakers before they design a new map
How large are each of the map elements?
From the standpoint of geography and demography a consists of people who live in a particular area
all of the people; population
From the standpoint of geography a is an internal rendering of an individuals known world
mental map!!
All maps exclude a lot more than they
All maps exclude a-lot more than they include and can and
doesn't include bias.
Maps are especially useful for showing aspects of the world that cannot be seen directly These include what
political boundaries
GIS stands for what in geography
Geographic Information System
Mercator projection The travels of Marco Polo Ibn Idrisi's world map Robinson projection Arrange these events from the history of cartography in the order in which they occurred
no
A geographic information system is information that is what
Geographic information is information that has some spatial component, usually in relation to the earth. The information is stored in spatial co-ordinates and can be one of a variety of geometries, such as a single point, a line of points or an enclosed line of points such as a polygon.
A geographic information system can support spatially referenced information. Many kinds of information can have a spatial component. A geographic information system is capable of understanding the spatial nature of the information and provides functionality that supports it.
For example, a dataset of national parks in a non-geographic system has no awareness of the geographical position of the park. In a geogrpahical information system the geometry of the park and its spatial location on the earth can be described. With this kind of information the parks can be queried and compared based on geographic properties, such as:
the distance between parks
the boundary length or area of the park
spatial querying, for instance parks that are within a bounding area
spatial comparison, what's the biggest park? What is the nearest park to some point?
Geographic information systems can often also visualise geographic data: for instance, Google Maps can display the geometry of road information.
Arrange these events from the history of cartography in the order in which they occurred.