GPS and GIS

What is an example of modern mapmaking?

• Mapmakers using repeated, first-hand experience of the landscape to create a map.

• Mapmakers and scientists using photos from airplanes or satellites to create a map.

• Mapmakers and scientists using historic and modern data by traveling on foot.

• Mapmakers using pictures taken when traveling to create a map of the landscape.

GIS stands for

• Geographic Information System

• Generic Information System

• Geological Information System

• Geographic Information Sharing

What does GPS stand for?

• Global Positioning System
• Geographic Information System
• Land forms
• Map Making

What does a cartographer do?

• Make Maps
• Create Computer programs
• Teacher
• None of the above

Which of the following is not a use of a GIS?

• Store Prices
• Mapping 
• Network Services
• Urban Planning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

What is a GPS used for?

• Navigation
• Resource Distribution
• Irrigation 
• Energy Tracking

What geographic tool uses at least four satellites to provide locations on the Earth?

• globe

• map

• satellite imagery

• GPS

Technologies like GPS and GIS help geographers with new and detailed information.

• True

• False

Google maps is an example of a GIS.

• True

• False

You can add information onto a GIS map by...

• Choosing different layers

• Choosing different laminates

• Adding data from a table

• Researching from the internet