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GEOG300 summary
Lecture topics (and matching labs) 1Introduction 2
GIS Basics 3Georeferencing 4Data input 5GIS data
sources 6Analysis in GIS 7Reading Break 8Digital
Elevation Models 9Raster GIS 10Data quality and
errors 11GIS output
assignments 20 Lab midterm 20 Lab
final exam 20 Lecture exam 20 mini-project
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Lecture exam (20) here, next week, 8.30am
Multiple Choice 1. The ArcGIS software could be
aptly described as which one below ? a. It deals
only with raster data b. It deals only with
vector data c. It is more vector than raster d.
It is more raster than vector e. Equally raster
and vector Definitions/explanations What is a
TIN? A Triangulated Irregular Network, made up of
a series of (X, Y) points with known elevations,
at the vertices of triangles which represent
facets of constant slope and aspect on a
landscape Comparisons Slope and aspect Slope is
the gradient of a pixel or location measured in
or degrees Aspect is the compass orientation
measured in degrees azimuth
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Slightly silly scale bars
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Very silly all the 3s scale bars
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Very silly to Insane scale bars
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Mileage
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GIS software
ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 Arcview ArcEditor
Arc/Info ArcView 3.2 IDRISI
(ClarkLabs) General software lists http//en.wi
kipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GIS_software http//ver
yspatial.com/columns/geospatial-technologies-round
-up/ http//www.gisdevelopment.net/downloads/gis
/
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GIS courses at UNBC
GIS Minor total 6 courses (as of fall
2009) (reduced from 8 in current
calendar) GEOG205 Cartography and GIS
(Fall) GEOG300 GIS (winter) GEOG432 Remote
Sensing (Fall) 1 of GEOG204 GIS for the social
sciences (Fall) ENPL303 GIS and planning GEOG413
Advanced GIS (winter 2010) GEOG457 Advanced
RS GEOG499 Independent Studies 2 of CPSC 110,
126, 350
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