GGS553

Question 1

What is one of the steps in the 4-step travel demand problem? This is a fill-in-the-blank question.

Answer 1

Trip Generator
Trip Description
Modal Split
Traffic Assignment

Question 2

What is Geo-Politics?

Answer 2

The spatial needs of the state

Question 3

Who were some of the geo-politicial theorists?

Answer 3

Freidrich Ratzel-Lebenstraum
Sir Halford John Mackinder
Nicholas Spykman

Question 4

What was Sir Halford John Mackinder known for in geo-politics?

Answer 4

Heartland Theory (1904) - who rules Eastern Europe controls the Heartland, and grows from there to the World level

Question 5

What was Nicholas Spykman known for?

Answer 5

Rimland Theory - access to warm water ports and control of the sea

Question 6

What was the Domino Theory?

Answer 6

If one country falls, so goes the nearby countries, attributed to Eisenhower.

Question 7

What is Assured Mutual Destruction?

Answer 7

Attributed to the Cold War era, the stalemate brings peace, but with regional spheres of influence

Question 8

What is Redistricting?

Answer 8

Process of delineating voting areas based on changes in the location of the population

Question 9

What elements does redistricting need to include?

Answer 9

Districts must be continguous, nearly equal populations, and representative of the overall population

Question 10

Why is redistricting so hard to do?

Answer 10

It is a combinatorially complex problem

Question 11

Who was gerrymandering named after?

Answer 11

Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts

Question 12

What does dissolve mean in the GIS context?

Answer 12

Aggregate features based on a specific attribute, and remove internal boundaries between polygons

Question 13

Does ArcReader have any analytical capabilities?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

What is ArcCatalog?

Answer 14

A module of ArcGIS to browse for maps, explore data, view/create metadata, manage data sources

Question 15

What is ArcScene?

Answer 15

A module of ArcGIS to do 3D analysis

Question 16

What is ArcGlobe?

Answer 16

A module of ArcGIS to display large data sets

Question 17

Name some extensions of ArcGIS.

Answer 17

Network Analyst, Spatial Analyst, and GeoStatistical Analyst

Question 18

Should counts, totals, or spatially extensive data be symbolized using choropleth?

Answer 18

No

Question 19

When should choropleth be used?

Answer 19

Discrete data with well defined enumeration units

Question 20

Name examples of when choropleth might be appropriate.

Answer 20

Population per square mile, Population count

Question 21

What is GIS-T?

Answer 21

All activities that involved the use of GIS for some aspect of transportation planning, management, or science

Question 22

Name some examples of Transportation Science.

Answer 22

Graph Theory and Topology
Travel Demand Modeling
Location/Linear Reference

Question 23

What is Graph Theory and Topology?

Answer 23

A branch of mathematics that deals with the properties of connected networks and spaces

Question 24

What is Location Referencing/Linear Referencing?

Answer 24

Locating objects in relation to their position along a network, i.e. Milepost referencing

Question 25

Where did Network Analysis start?

Answer 25

With TIGER, but TIGER wasn't designed with network analysis in mind.

Question 26

How can deficiencies in Network Analysis be overcome?

Answer 26

Barriers Turn Tables A true non-planar transportation network (Curtin was involved here) Take out the topological data

Question 27

What are some examples of populated network data models?

Answer 27

TIGER StreetMapUSA (Esri), designed for address geocoding NavTech (for vehicles) TeleAtlas (route planning/traffic analysis) GDT (geocoding)

Question 28

What is geocoding?

Answer 28

The process of associating quasi-geographic data with a geographic reference database, specifically locating street addresses on a network database

Question 29

How does the address geocoding process work?

Answer 29

ArcMap reads a text file of addresses, and parses each element of the address into address parts, then interpolate the position along a street based on address ranges

Question 30

What is Address Imputation?

Answer 30

Attributes the address information along the street based on the address ranges for the street

Question 31

TLID?

Answer 31

TIGER Line ID

Question 32

FNODE?

Answer 32

From Node

Question 33

TNODE?

Answer 33

To Node

Question 34

FEDIRP

Answer 34

Feature Direction Prefix

Question 35

FENAME

Answer 35

Feature Name

Question 36

FETYPE

Answer 36

Feature Type

Question 37

FRADDL

Answer 37

From Address Left

Question 38

FRADDR

Answer 38

From Address Right

Question 39

TOADDL

Answer 39

To Address Left

Question 40

TOADDR

Answer 40

To Address Right

Question 41

ZIPL

Answer 41

Zipcode Left

Question 42

ZIPR

Answer 42

Zipcode Right

Question 43

What is a GeoDataBase, and when do you need to use a GeoDataBase?

Answer 43

Supports OO modeling, and it represents a container for holding objects, such as images, tables, feature classes, relationships. Needed for Network Analysis.