Geo 150 Final Flashcards

1
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spectral resolution

A

how well you can tell different colors apart

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2
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radiometric resolution

A

how many shades of the same color you can see

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3
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temporal resolution

A

how often you take the picture

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4
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spatial

A

pixel size

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5
Q

CCD

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Charged coupled device

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6
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passive sensors

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no flash

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7
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active sensors

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sensors with flash

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8
Q

name 3 examples of sensors

A

sonar
radar
lidar

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9
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orbit inclination

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the angle between orbital and equitorial planes

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10
Q

What kind of maps are topos

A

reference

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11
Q

what is the highest practical level of accuracy required on paper maps

A

.02 inches

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12
Q

how is emr classified

A

wavelengths

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13
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developable surfaces

A

can be turned into a plane

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14
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points are what 2 things

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nodes and vertices

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15
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endges are…

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lines

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16
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faces are

A

the complete polygon

17
Q

what is MAF and who and why was it built

A

master address file made by usps for census

18
Q

dbms and purpose

A

database management systems gaurantess consistincey of records

19
Q

TIGER

A

topographically integrated geographically encoding and reference file

20
Q

geocoding

A

figuring out where a street address should be on a map

21
Q

name 3 examples of EMR

A

fireflies
phosphorus
cherenkoc radiation

22
Q

black body radiation

A

color appearing as heat is increased

23
Q

plancks law

A

the curve fromed fromw avelength and heat

24
Q

what can spectral response patterns be used for

A

to find healthy or u healthy vegetation

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NDVI
normalized vegetation index
26
recification
image corrwection
27
geostationary orbit
matching earth rotation with satellite speed
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discrete edges
defined and vector
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continuous edges
undefined raster
30
measure of accuracy in topo maps
scale sensitive
31
small areas that make up larger topo maps
quadrangles
32
name 4 parts of the nsdi
elevation data hydrographic data aerial imagery satilite imagery