Practice What Is Geographic Information System (gis)? (4.2) - Spatial Information Technology
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What is Geographic Information System (GIS)?

Practice - What is Geographic Information System (GIS)?

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does GIS stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about how data related to geography is managed.

Question 2 Easy

Provide an example of non-spatial data.

💡 Hint: Consider data that describes attributes.

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Question 1

What does GIS integrate?

Only spatial data
Only non-spatial data
Both spatial and non-spatial data

💡 Hint: Think about how different types of data interact.

Question 2

True or False: Non-spatial data has geographical significance.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what makes data 'spatial'.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Analyze a dataset of urban populations in different geographic regions. How would you use GIS to assess resource allocation in these areas?

💡 Hint: Think about how different data layers provide insights.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given a GIS dataset with spatial data of water bodies and non-spatial data on pollution levels, what analysis might you conduct to determine environmental impact?

💡 Hint: Consider how spatial relationships might indicate problems.

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