GEOG372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Geographic Information System, Chimborazo
Document Summary
Relates to a specific place on or in relation to the earth"s surface. Data to which some value or interpretation has been added. Geographic information (gi) relates to measurements, maps, images, sounds etc. of the earth"s surface. A system designed to perform a wide range of functions on and with geographic information (gi) Altitude is based upon the geod and not the level of the sea directly. Mount chimborazo, ecuador, 6. 384 km from the center is the farthest point from center of earth. Geographic location is an important attribute of activities, politics, and plans. Geographic problems involve an aspect of location, either in the info used to solve them, or in the solutions themselves. Gi science and systems are integral to response and recovery. Geographic - the earth"s surface and near-surface (as climatologist, extend through atmosphere) at scales from architectural to the global. Spatial - any space, not just the space of the earth"s surface.