GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) REVIEW QUESTIONS

GE 353 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1     1.    What is GIS?
2   (b) Explain the major components of GIS

     

2      2. Describe the trends and factors which lead to the development of GIS

3     3.    Examine the components of GIS software

4     4. Guided by the merits and demerits, differentiate between vector and raster data structures

5      5. Examine the data input techniques in GIS

6     6. What are the main data sources for GIS?

      7. Describe how the raster and vector approaches are used to construct point, line and area entities for representation in the in the computer

8    8. Describe the Geographical Information Systems Database 

9    9.  Explain the following terms and phrases

a)     Spatial data

b)    Attribute data

c)     Spatial referencing

d)    Topology

1  10.  Describe the role of hardware in GIS

1  11.   Examine the input, process and output in GIS

1  12.   Examine the importance of GIS in Geographical studies

1  13.   Explain what is meant by adjacency, containment and connectivity

1  14     Elaborate on the GIS analytical operations

1  15.     Elaborate on the GIS analytical tools

    16.   Explain the analysis of the database query in GIS

1  17.   Discuss the basic graphic data organization models or approaches

1  18. Differentiate between relational and object oriented database models

By

Rugemalila, Richard

Course Coordinator