GIS - Workshop 2 - Fall 2012

1. What date did you attend this workshop?

What date did you attend this workshop? Tuesday, September 18

Wednesday, October 10

Thursday, November 1

2. All GIS data is freely available online from government sources. True or false?

All GIS data is freely available online from government sources. True or false? True

False

3. Could you join a standalone table to a shapefile with a ZIP code field?

Could you join a standalone table to a shapefile with a ZIP code field? No, a ZIP code isn’t spatial information

Yes, no problem

Yes, but only if the shapefile also has a ZIP code field

4. If you are mapping an “X,Y event” by bringing in a table with coordinates, what format should the coordinates be in?

If you are mapping an “X,Y event” by bringing in a table with coordinates, what format should the coordinates be in? Decimal degrees

Degrees, minutes, seconds

Projected

Meters

5. The difference between joining a table and relating one is ...

The difference between joining a table and relating one is ... There is none, they do the same thing

Whether the relationship used to make the connection is one-to-one or one-to-many

A join is for vector data and a relate is for raster data

6. Which of these data types are used in a GIS?

Which of these data types are used in a GIS? Aerial photos

GPS coordinates

Boundary shapefiles

All of the above

7. What else would you like to learn about GIS?

What else would you like to learn about GIS?

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