question .1
1. Determine and discuss the most appropriate representative fractions for the following verbal map scale descriptions: individual, neighborhood, urban, regional, national, and global.
2. Describe the general properties of the following projections: Universe Transverse Mercator (UTM) and State plane system.
3. Explain the importance of map projection. List various properties that a map project can preserve when projecting a 3D map to a 2D map.
4. Is there any best map projection? why? hint: think about different properties that can be preserved for each type of map projection.
5. Find the latitude and longitude of your hometown. Explain how you can convert the coordinates from DD to DMS or vice versa.
6. Examine an online map of where you live. Which forms of map generalization were used to create the map? Which three elements of generalization would you change? Which three elements are the most effective?
7. If you were to start a GIS project on deforestation, what terms would need to be explicitly defined, and how would you define them?
question.2
Go online and find a map that uses color effectively. Explain.
Go online and find a map that uses color ineffectively. Explain
Locate a map or maps that utilize differences in symbol size, texture, pattern, and shape to convey meaning
List ten map features that are commonly depicted with a pictogram.
Go online and find a map that employs all the map elements described in this chapter.
Given the choropleth maps presented in this chapter, which do you feel best represents the dataset? Why?
Go online and describe two other data classification methods available to GIS users.
given the following 30 data values, determine the data ranges for each class as if you were creating both equal interval and quantile classification schemes
Names
Weight
Kim
40
Jerry
45
Tim
47
Mary
48
James
49
Tom
49
Keith
54
Sara
55
Raymond
56
Dennis
56
Larry
57
Bony
59
Beatrice
63
John
65
Harry
67
Bianca
67
Marshal
69
Mandy
72
David
75
Edward
77
Robert
79
Michael
80
Elaina
80
Cathy
80
Caroline
81
Samantha
82
Vicky
85
Clara
87
Richard
88
Stephen
90
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