GEOG 255 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thematic Map, Map Projection, Raster Graphics
7 Sep 2016
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Gis: system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data. Cartography: profession of map drawing; the study of maps. Chrisman"s 4 components of a gis: measure, represent, operate, transform. Thematic maps: special purpose/theme like mapping crime or transit. Reference/general purpose map: base map, general layout purpose to show distance, area, and direction. Conditions where is there an area of privately owned land of suitable size, with. An object in the real world to be encoded in a gis database. Feature data set for the area of an interest in a gis. Individual pixel in a raster image grid system. Function/ operation data analysis procedure performed by a gis. Computer implementation of a sequence of actions designed to solve a problem. Abstraction: the process of moving from the real world to the world of maps.
