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Ch. 1 Lab Exercise
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Transportation, interstate & Major Road
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Lake Superior with an area 32213.001
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Professor Ozdenerol
Chapter 2 Lab Exercise
1. How many feature datasets are there in the oregondata geodatabse in the mgisdata\Oregon
folder? List their names. How many total feature classes does the geodatabase have? How
many rast
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Review Questions 3
1. If a data set's features have x coordinates between -180 and +180, what is the coordinate system
likely to be? In what units are the coordinates?
a. GCS, geographic coordinate system
b. In latitude degrees
2. What are the x
Exercises
Use ArcMap and the mgisdata\Usa folder to answer the following questions.
1. Is there a feature dataset in the usdata geodatabase? What is it called? List the feature classes it
contains. Add them to the map.
Usdata.gdb
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Chapter 3 Review
Chapter Review Questions
1. If a data sets features have x coordinates between 180 and +180, what is the coordinate
system likely to be? In what units are the coordinates?
a. Unprojected GCS, degrees
2. What are the x-y coordinates of a m
Exercises Use ArcMap, the Catalog window, and the mgisdata folder to answer the following questions.
Be careful not to make any changes to properties when in the Catalog window.
1. How many feature datasets are there in the oregondata geodatabase in the m
Chapter 1 Fill in the Blank Tutorial Questions Name Date Type your answers to the fill-in-the-blank
questions as indicated.
1. p. 30, What is the name of the county in the northeast corner of Oregon?
Wallowa
2. p. 30, How many records (rows) are in this t
Chapter Review Questions
1. What characters should be avoided when naming GIS files, folders, and map documents? Explain
why these restrictions are necessary.
a. Spaces and nonalphanumeric symbols, may cause problems if not. This way youll know
that its n
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1. Explain the difference among the terms feature, feature class, and feature dataset.
A feature is an object on a vector model. It can be a point, line, or polygon.
A feature class is like features that are grouped together. It can contain gr
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Chapter 2 Review Questions
Ch. 2 Review Questions
Friday, January 22, 2016
1:22 PM
1. What characters should be avoided when naming GIS files, folders, and map documents?
Explain why these restrictions are necessary.
Keep folder names short and
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Chapter 4 Review Questions
1. A 1: 20,000,000 scale map of the United States displays the interstates with a line
symbol that is 3.4 points wide. There are 72 points to an inch. What is the uncertainty in
the location of the road due to the widt
Chapter 3 Fill in the Blank Tutorial Questions Name Date Type your answers to the fill-in-the-blank
questions as indicated.
1. p. 89, What is the coordinate system for this feature class? Which units does it use?
a. GCS_WGS_1984, degrees
2. p. 89, What ar
US 361 : Geographic Information Systems
Class Exercise Module 03: Project, Define Projection
Page 1
Fall 2016
This exercise will be completed in class.
You will review how to handle projections in ArcGIS by examining your data in
ArcMap, fixing whatever y
Chapter 2 Fill in the Blank Tutorial Questions Name Date Type your answers to the fill-in-the-blank
questions as indicated.
1. p. 60, What is the resolution (i.e. cell size) of this raster? How many rows and columns does it
have?
a. 1000 meters, 696 colum
Chapter Review Questions
1. Explain the difference among the terms feature, feature class, and feature dataset.
a. Features are vector objects, feature classes are the way the vector object datasets are
grouped together, feature datasets are multiple feat
Chapter 1 Fill in the Blank Tutorial Questions Name Date Type your answers to the fill-in-the-blank
questions as indicated.
1. p. 30, What is the name of the county in the northeast corner of Oregon?
Wallowa
2. p. 30, How many records (rows) are in this t
