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16 Cards in this Set
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estimated Earth’s circumference to be about 25000 miles
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Eratosthenes
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introduced “minutes” and “seconds” for subdividing a degree introduced ideas on how to make cartography more scientific
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Ptolemy
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For every record in the “parent” there
is one and only only match in the “child” |
One-to-One Correspondence
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Several records in the parent match to one and only one record in the child
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Many-to-One Correspondence
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One record in parent relates to many in the child table.
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One-to-Many
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a single location that
is part of a line segment – it gives an arc shape |
VERTEX
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Keeps track of which arcs are
connected to each other (by common nodes) |
Arc-node topology
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Keeps track of which arcs make
up a specific polygon |
Polygon-Arc Topology
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Keeps track of which polygons
are adjacent to each other |
Left-Right Topology
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What first comes to mind when you hear the term “vector data” ?
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Points, lines, polygons
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grid of elevation points
Widely used in GIS as source of elevation data |
DEM - Digital Elevation Model
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Digital representation of “line” features
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DLG – Digital Line Graph
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- Scanned image of USGS topographic map
- Referenced to UTM coordinate system |
DRG – Digital Raster Graphics
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- computer generated image of an aerial photograph
- image displacement removed (terrain and camera tilt) - referenced to the UTM projection |
DOQ – Digital Orthophoto Quads
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- historical land use and land
- from manual interpretation of 1970’s and 1980’s aerial photos - census and political boundaries, hydrography, federal ownership |
LULC – Land Use / Land Cover
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Raster Data Properties…
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A cell has a resolution
Every cell knows its ground location Every cell knows its neighbors |