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The mechanical process of manual or semi-automated digitizing does NOT depend on:
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Which statement is FALSE?
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Which statement is TRUE?
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Which of the following explains why federally generated digital map data in the USA are available at minimal cost to the GIS user?
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The size of a raster data set is:
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If you scanned a 10 cm by 10 cm map section at 1000 dots per centimeter, and stored 8 bits (one byte) per grid cell, the file size would be:
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What is important to know during attribute data entry?
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You have an image that covers a rectangular area 4 kilometers wide by 3 kilometers high. The image has 300 rows and 400 columns. What is the resolution of the image?
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What are the major geocoding methods for maps?
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Digitizing on a tablet captures map data by tracing lines from a map by hand, using a cursor and an electronically-sensitive tablet. The result is a string of points with (x, y) values. What geographic data are best captured in this way?
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Scanning places a map on a glass plate, and passes a light beam over it measuring the reflected light intensity. The result is a grid of pixels. Image size and resolution are important to scanning. Small features on the map can drop out if the pixels are too big. What geographic data are best captured in this way?
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Geocoding a location by using the street address and a database such as TIGER is called:
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Which typical map data entry errors lead to a map database having too many polygons?:
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The mechanical process of scanning does NOT depend on:
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Which statement about data exchange and standards is FALSE?
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Getting map data into the GIS, or the "data conversion problem":
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Which statement is FALSE?
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When digitizing using a tablet, the digitizing of control points is important because:
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The term resolution with reference to a raster or grid data model is defined in terms of:
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Answer choices in this exercise are randomized and will appear in a different order each time the page is loaded.
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