GIS Training for Federal Member State

GIS Data Formats

• points

• lines

• polygons and raster

• All

Map legend: the key to understanding the mapped features.

• Yes

• NO

Symbolization: the process by which elements and their attributes are represented by graphically stylized marks or signs, called symbols, and sometimes by labels.

• Yes

• No

Map scale: this is an essential concept in map reading. It refers to the relationship between the distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. To create a map on paper accurately, we make everything much smaller. We, therefore, scale down the actual size of the geographic features.

• True

• False

• Geographic coordinate system: It is a positional reference system that uses latitude and longitude to define the locations of points on the surface of a sphere or ellipsoid. 

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• True

• False

• ArcGIS Pro is project-based, meaning that all data, maps, and analysis tools are organized within a single project file (.aprx), while ArcMap uses separate map documents (.mxd) for each map.

• False

• True

• Views are windows that allow you to interact with various data representations, including maps, layouts, tables, charts, the catalog, and more. Several views may be active at once

• True

• False

A project in ArcGIS Pro is a collection of connected resources that may comprise maps, scenes, layouts, and links to databases and system files, among other resources.

• True

• False

The project file extension is ?

• prjx
• aprx

There are two Coordinate systems

• • Geographic Coordinate Systems 

  • Projected Coordinate Systems

• • x-coordinates [Longitude], 

  • y-coordinates [Latitude]

• • y-coordinates [Latitude] 

  • z-coordinates [Elevation].