2016 QUARTER 02

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

Digitize and georegister a specified vector feature set to a given geometric accuracy and topological fidelity threshold using a given map sheet, digitizing tablet, and data entry software

Discuss the impact that mapping on the Web via applications such as Google Earth have had on the practice of cartography
Explain how emerging technologies in related fields (e.g., the stereoplotter, aerial and satellite imagery, GPS and LiDAR, the World Wide Web, immersive and virtual environments) have advanced cartography and visualization methods
Explain how MacEachren’s Cartography-cubed (C3) concept can be used to understand the evolving role of cartography and visualization
Explain how software innovations such as Synagraphic Mapping System (SYMAP), Surfer, and automated contouring methods have affected the design of maps
Evaluate the advantages and limitations of various technological approaches to mapping
Select new technologies in related fields that have the most potential for use in cartography and visualization

Explain how an understanding of use of current and proposed technology in other organizations can aid in implementing a GIS

Explain the concept “quadtree”
Describe the octahedral quarternary triangulated mesh georeferencing system proposed by Dutton
Discuss the advantages of hierarchical coordinates relative to geographic and plane coordinate systems

Describe the classic transportation problem
Demonstrate how the classic transportation problem can be structured as a linear program
Implement the transportation simplex method to determine the optimal solution
Explain why, if supply equals demand, there will always be a feasible solution to the classic transportation problem

Describe possible benefits to an organization by participating in a given society that is related to GIS&T
Discuss the value or effect of participation in societies, conferences, and informal communities to entities managing enterprise GIS
Identify conferences that are related to GIS&T

Assess the involvement of non-GIS companies (e.g., Microsoft, Google) in the geospatial industry
Describe three applications of geospatial technology for different workforce domains (e.g., first responders, forestry, water resource management, facilities management)
Explain why software products sold by U.S. companies may predominate in foreign markets, including Europe and Australia
Describe the U.S. geospatial industry including vendors, software, hardware and data

Discuss ways in which the geospatial profession is regulated under the U.S. legal regime
Compare and contrast the relationship of the geospatial profession and the U.S. legal regime with similar relationships in other countries

Define the following terms pertaining to a network: Loops, multiple edges, the degree of a vertex, walk, trail, path, cycle, fundamental cycle
List definitions of networks that apply to specific applications or industries
Create an adjacency table from a sample network
Explain how a graph can be written as an adjacency matrix and how this can be used to calculate topological shortest paths in the graph
Create an incidence matrix from a sample network
Explain how a graph (network) may be directed or undirected
Demonstrate how attributes of networks can be used to represent cost, time, distance, or many other measures
Demonstrate how the star (or forward star) data structure, which is often employed when digitally storing network information, violates relational normal form, but allows for much faster search and retrieval in network databases
Discuss some of the difficulties of applying the standard process-pattern concept to lines and networks
Demonstrate how a network is a connected set of edges and vertices

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