2016 QUARTER 03

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

Demonstrate how the way people do their jobs can affect system management
Describe methods for articulating user needs to internal technical support staff
Describe how system management includes understanding people

Describe the historical context of the USPLS
Discuss the consequences of the USPLS with regard to public administration (i.e., zoning)
Explain how townships, ranges, and their sections are delineated in terms of baselines and principal meridians
Illustrate how to quarter-off portions of a township and range section
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of systematic land partitioning methods in the context of GIS
Differentiate the USPLS from the geographic coordinate system
Describe the New England Town partitioning system
Compare and contrast the United States Public Land Survey System (USPLS) and the Spanish land grant and French long lot systems

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

Describe situations in which methods of terrain representation (e.g., shaded relief, contours, hypsometric tints, block diagrams, profiles) are well suited
Create a map that represents both slope and aspect on the same map using the Moellering-Kimerling coloring method
Explain how maps that show the landscape in profile can be used to represent terrain
Differentiate 3-D representations from 21/2-D representations
Describe situations in which methods of terrain representation are poorly suited

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

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