Practice Proprietary Software (6.10.1) - Geographical Information System (GIS)
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Question 1 Easy

What is proprietary software?

💡 Hint: Think about software you have to pay for.

Question 2 Easy

Name a proprietary GIS software.

💡 Hint: Look for well-known software in GIS.

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Question 1

What type of software is ArcGIS considered?

Open-source
Proprietary
Freeware

💡 Hint: Remember the license requirement for use.

Question 2

True or False: ERDAS Imagine is primarily for vector data analysis.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about what kinds of data the software is geared towards.

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Challenge 1 Hard

How would you justify the investment in proprietary software for a local government project in urban planning?

💡 Hint: Think of examples where poor decision-making happened due to lack of good tools.

Challenge 2 Hard

If tasked with a project requiring image analysis for environmental monitoring, would you choose ArcGIS or ERDAS Imagine? Justify your choice.

💡 Hint: Recall the strengths of each software type.

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