GPS & 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

why the Use of GIS is necessary

• Saves Times

• Handle large datasets

• Maps can be created and edited faster

• All of the above

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

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

• globe

• map

• satellite imagery

• GPS

How is a globe more accurate than a map?

• a globe is a 3 dimensional model of the Earth, but a map is flat

• a globe can show streets and roads, but a map cannot

• a globe can show all of the continents at once, but a map cannot

• a globe can be used to navigate from one town to another, but a map cannot

Geographers only use one tool/technology when they study the world.

• False

• True

Maps are the least useful tool in geography.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False