Test 1 Flashcards

(53 cards)

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Three properties of color

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Hue, value, saturation

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Three vector representations

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Point, lines, polygons

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Hue

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What we colloquially refer to as color on a daily basis

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Value

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How light or dark a color hue is

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Saturation

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Refers to brightness of a hue

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Primary colors

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Red, green, blue

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Secondary colors

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Represent combinations of cyan magenta and yellow

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Tertiary colors

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Colors that fall between primary and secondary on the color wheel

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Achromatic

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Grayscale colors

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Analogous colors

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Colors that are found next to each other on the color wheel

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Cymk color model

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Cyan magenta yellow black color model

Is used on paper and is subtractive

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RGB”A”

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Alpha

This makes the color transparent based on 0-100 scale

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Decimal vs hexadecimal

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Decimal portrays value from 0-255

Hexidecimal: FFFF00

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Gui

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Graphic user interface

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Hci

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Human computer interaction

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Wimp model

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Windows, icons, menus, pointer

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Visual hierarchy

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5 category system developed by Borden dent to help prioritize features and organize maps effectively.

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Chrome

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The task bar at the top of the browser containing tools and widgets

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Screen real estate

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How much space you have to work with on a given device

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Screen resolution

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How many verticle columns and horizontal rows of pixels a screen can show

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Ppi

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How many pixels are shown in a line 1 inch in length

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Two types of layouts

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Fluid and compartmentalized

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Raster maps

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Represented by a grid of pixels

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gif

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Graphic interchange format

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Vector map
Vector format defines a graphic with coordinates
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Ajax
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML Maintains a continuous communication with server. Helps with zooming and panning.
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Tile imaging
Sometimes maps are too big and large files are slow, so they send bits of info from server to computer which is faster
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Terra nulius
Meaning no space or void space on a map
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What is a mental map? 5 elements that make it up
Paths, landmarks, nodes, districts, edges
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Egocentric vs geocentric
Egocentric mapping is placing your knowledge and location as the centerpiece of the map
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Reference map
Multiple sources of data used for a reference
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Thematic map
Special purpose/ single topic or statistical | Thematic maps show the spatial distribution of a particular phenomenon
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Chloropleth map
Data shown on enumeration units such as counties states etc
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Flow map
Shows linear movement between places
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Dot density map
Show variations in spatial density
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Proportional symbol map
Usually circles or other shapes and are scaled to value points
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Isarithmic
Maps continuous volumes such as elevation, temperature or precipitation
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Isolines
Lines similar to contour lines that connect points of equal value
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P2P
Peer to peer; sharing economy
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Cascading style sheets
A separate "language" of code imbedded within html that gives styling directions to the computer
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OGC
Open geospatial consortium; a set standard for content and data sharing
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SVG
Scale vector graphic
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Qualitative schemes
Colors used to display separate information such as race, colors should be neutral to each other and not related in scale or shade
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Divergent schemes
Blue would be negative values or values lower than normal and zero or insignificant would be white, opposite end would be red shades
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Sequential schemes
Used to display one theme in quantitative data in scale with one color or hue set
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Color blind bad colors
Red and green
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Gestalt effect/theory
The human mind can't discern more than 5 colors and is effected by shapes and overlaps
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Visual center
5 degrees above geometric center
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Grid symmetry
Method to establish good sight lines to make map easier to organize and understand
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Incongruent space
Type of space that does not match our preconceived notion of geographic order based on cities in regions of the same Cardinal direction
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Natural breaks
Arc maps default that identifies gaps in data and assigns breaks accordingly
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GML
Geographic markup language; | Modeling language and interchange format
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XML
Extensible markup language; a set of rules for encoding documents and files