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Mid-term Exam review (26/10/2009)

Mid-term Exam review (26/10/2009). Dr. Ahmad BinTouq E-mail: abintouq@uaeu.ac.ae URL: http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/~abintouq GEO 321: (GISI) Geographic Information Systems. Overview. What is GIS? (define, explain and discuss applications August, September, and October 2009 topics:

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Mid-term Exam review (26/10/2009)

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  1. Mid-term Exam review(26/10/2009) Dr. Ahmad BinTouq E-mail: abintouq@uaeu.ac.ae URL: http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/~abintouq GEO 321: (GISI) Geographic Information Systems

  2. Overview • What is GIS? (define, explain and discuss applications • August, September, and October 2009 topics: • What is GIS? Background and history • Detailed discussion on GIS components, Remote Sensing, and GPS • Discuss briefly the GIS functions • List five areas of GIS Applications • Projections • Cartographic and GIS Data Structures

  3. Define GIS; What is it GIS • GIS refer to any computerized information system that is designed to store, manipulate, retrieve, analyze, and display spatially referenced data. • GIS study is a mixture of science and art. It encompasses many different disciplines and brings them all under a single umbrella.

  4. GIS Functions • Application of GIS; • Monitoring • Measuring • Mapping or managing • Modeling

  5. Exam format • Discuss applications of GIS? • Explain and define GIS components • Describe data structure for GIS • Example http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/myagoub/gis/_private/questions_and_answers%201%20on%20GIS.htm

  6. Thank You

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