GIS

What does the acronym GIS stands for?

• Geographical Interrogation Science

• Geographical Information Services

• Geographical Information Systems

• Geological Information System

Name one way that a pizza delivery company might NOT use GIS to speed up deliveries?

• mapping traffic

• Looking for best route

• looking for customers location

• to meet people

To show different types of data on a map, they are organised using

• layers

• stages

• selectors

• types

Which of the following best demonstrates the use of Geographic Information Systems?

• Determining evacuation routes for a city

• Finding the absolute location of Cairo, Egypt

• Maintaining peace between warring nations

• Researching new innovations and technologies

To build a kindergarten , which layers of GIS data would be most appropriate to consider?

• Topography and climate

• Rivers and flood zones

• Neighborhood locations and population density

• Vegetation map of local plants and a map of animal biomes

GIS deals with which kind of data

• Numeric data

• Binary data

• Spatial data

• Complex data

What is GIS in the most encompassing sense?

• A software to make maps

• System designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographic data

• Application to collect data on the field and store in database

• Tool to edit and design maps for visualization

Which is missing from a GIS system: computer, software, the map AND ....?

• charger for computer

• the data you want to display

• a team of people

• examples to look at

Why might the police NOT use GIS to help combat crime?

• to make colourful maps

• to explore types of crimes

• to identify crime hotspots

• look for patterns of crime

How many layers do you have to use in a map?

• three per map

• as many as possible

• as little as possible

• as many necessary