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1 - ESS 103 || Remote Sensing
1 - ESS 103 || Remote Sensing
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
09/17/2018

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Term
What does GIS Stand For?
Definition
Geographic Information System
Term
What is Geography?
Definition
Study of the physical features on Earth and its atmosphere.
Term
How Are Humans Affecting Geography?
Definition
Population Distributions

Land Use

Land Cover Changes

Resource Depletion
Term
What is the Geographic Information System?
Definition
Framework for gathering managing and analyzing data, that integrates different types data that analyzes spatial locations and organizes layers of information with maps and 3D scenes.
Term
What makes up GIS?
Definition
Hardware, Software, Data and the people who analyze data.
Term
What are the data layers of GIS?
Definition
Street

Buildings

Vegetation

Integrated
Term
What are the two types of models for representing reality in computers using points, lines and areas?
Definition
Vector

Raster
Term
What are Raster Models Like?
Definition
Each point is one pixel, lines are lines of pixels and areas are just groups of pixels.
Term
What is Remote Sensing?
Definition
Collecting and interpreting information about the environment from a distance, by primarily sensing radiation naturally emitted or reflected from the Earth's surface or atmosphere.
Term
What is an unnatural way of Remote Sensing?
Definition
Using a device to send signals to be transmitted and reflected back.
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