Geog3315-GIS-Quiz1

The first GIS was developed in which country

What was the first major change that brought GIS to non-professional audiences?

Which technology is NOT commonly associated with GIS?

What was one of the first uses of GIS in environmental management?

What approach in cartography seemed to predict the future needs of geographical data?

What is the primary advantage of using raster data?

What is the possible focus of terrain analysis in GIS?

What is the main role of the Open GIS Consortium (OGC)?

Which method in GIS refers to calculations performed on raster data for spatial analysis?

Who is known as the "father of GIS"?

Which of the following is an example of a vector data model?

Which of the following is a function of GIS?

The "S" in GIS can stand for "systems" or

What is georeferencing?

What does GIS stand for?

GIS stands for

What is the purpose of GIS?

Which of the following technologies is a data input source for GIS?

In the 1960s, who defined the principles of a system called MIMO?

Which company is a pioneer and current leader in the GIS market?

When was the first GIS (CGIS) developed?

The main purpose of GIS is to capture, analyze, store, edit, and ____ georeferenced data

What is spatial analysis?

What is the significance of the year 1985 in the history of GIS?

What was the purpose of the MIMO system developed by Waldo Tobler in 1959?

MIMO stands for

The data that are linked to map features are known as

Within a data frame, a GIS map may contain many different

Which of the following is NOT a component of Geospatial Technologies

What is the primary advantage of using vector data?

What does the acronym DEM stand for in GIS?

What type of map did Pierre Charles Dupin create in 1819?

Which of the following is not one of the five main elements

Which satellite mission released elevation data covering 80% of Earth's surface in 2000?

Which of the following is not a web browsing application?

What was the first GIS called?

Which of the following is an example of a raster data model?

In what year was ESRI, a pioneer in the GIS industry, established?

In what year was the first commercial satellite image company (SPOT Image) created?

Who created what is considered one of the first examples of analytical cartography in 1854?