2016 QUARTER 02

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W

Describe how maps such as topographic maps are produced within certain relations of power and knowledge
Discuss how the choices used in the design of a road map will influence the experience visitors may have of the area
Explain how legal issues impact the design and content of such special purpose maps as subdivision plans, nautical charts, and cadastral maps
Exemplify maps that illustrate the provocative, propagandistic, political, and persuasive nature of maps and geospatial data
Demonstrate how different methods of data classification for a single dataset can produce maps that will be interpreted very differently by the user
Deconstruct the silences (feature omissions) on a map of a personally well known area
Construct two maps about a conflict or war producing one supportive of each side’s viewpoint

Describe the major approaches to the design of geospatial systems
Analyze past cases to identify best practices of design and implementation
Compare and contrast the relative merits of the use-case driven and architecture-centric design processes

Define basic terms used in the raster data model (e.g., cell, row, column, value)
Write a program to read and write a raster data file
Compare and contrast the raster with other types of regular tessellations for geographic data analysis
Compare and contrast the raster with other types of regular tessellations for geographic data storage
Interpret the header of a standard raster data file
Explain how the raster data model instantiates a grid representation

Differentiate between project-specific applications and enterprise systems
Differentiate between applications for scientific research and resource management decision support
Identify tasks that are structured, semi-structured, and unstructured

Differentiate between general data models and application-specific data models
Differentiate among application design, database design, and analytic model design

Identify a widely-used example of the spaghetti model (e.g., AutoCAD DWF, ESRI shapefile)
Write a program to read and write a vector data file using a common published format
Explain the conditions under which the spaghetti model is useful
Explain how the spaghetti data model embodies an object-based view of the world
Describe how geometric primitives are implemented in the spaghetti model as independent objects without topology

Explain how different types of spatial weights matrices are defined and calculated
Discuss the appropriateness of different types of spatial weights matrices for various problems
Construct a spatial weights matrix for lattice, point, and area patterns
Explain the rationale used for each type of spatial weights matrix

Define terms related to topology (e.g., adjacency, connectivity, overlap, intersect, logical consistency)
Describe the integrity constraints of integrated topological models (e.g., POLYVRT)
Discuss the historical roots of the Census Bureau’s creation of GBF/DIME as the foundation for the development of topological data structures
Explain why integrated topological models have lost favor in commercial GIS software
Evaluate the positive and negative impacts of the shift from integrated topological models
Discuss the role of graph theory in topological structures
Exemplify the concept of planar enforcement (e.g., TIN triangles)
Demonstrate how a topological structure can be represented in a relational database structure
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of topological data models
Illustrate a topological relation

Describe how to generate a unique TIN solution using Delaunay triangulation
Describe the architecture of the TIN model
Construct a TIN manually from a set of spot elevations
Delineate a set of break lines that improve the accuracy of a TIN
Describe the conditions under which a TIN might be more practical than GRID
Demonstrate the use of the TIN model for different statistical surfaces (e.g., terrain elevation, population density, disease incidence) in a GIS software application

Explain the distinction between thematic accuracy, geometric accuracy, and topological fidelity
Outline the SDTS and ISO TC211 standards for thematic accuracy
Discuss how measures of spatial autocorrelation may be used to evaluate thematic accuracy
Describe the component measures and the utility of a misclassification matrix
Describe the different measurement levels on which thematic accuracy is based

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