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Download EAE 256 Final Exam Questions & Correct Answers 2024-2025 Edition. Already Graded A+ and more Exams Geography in PDF only on Docsity! EAE 256 Final Exam Questions & Correct Answers 2024-2025 Edition. Already Graded A+ A 12 point font is equivalent to how many inches, approximately? - ANS1/6 of an inch A common feature found in aerial photographs or imagery taken at lower altitudes is _____________? - ANSvertical or relief displacement A digital sample of elevations and depths on variously sized grids. - ANSDEM A map projection that preserves area. - ANSEquivalent A map that portrays the distribution of life expectancy by census tracts would be an example of a ______________. - ANSthematic map A non-continuous, yet philosophical map that depicts how all continents and land masses are connected or nearly connected. - ANSFuller's Dymaxion Map A positioning method by which a stationary receiver is placed over a surveyed control point and linked to a mobile receiver that takes readings of features on the ground. Post-processing is used to determine the coordinates and elevations of those features. - ANSDifferential GPS A(n) ______________ is an aerial photo that has been geometrically corrected through rectification and is planimetrically correct with all distortion from camera optics, tilt, and elevation removed. - ANSdigital orthophoto An arc of a great circle is - ANSthe shortest distance between two points on the globe. An example of an additive color typically used in a GIS. - ANSgreen Arcs of a Great Circle are depicted as straight lines between two points on this projection. - ANSPolar Gnomonic At sea, you determine that it is noon, locally. Your marine chronometer (for Greenwich, England) reads 3:30 am (0330). Which of the following is correct with regard to your location? You are at ____________. - ANS127.5° E longitude Classification method of population that works best for choropleth maps due to the usually skewed distribution of population. - ANSgeometrical Colors or hues used to represent classes of elevations and depths. - ANShypsometric tints Derived from the authalic sphere, 1 degree of latitude equals _______________ miles. - ANSboth a and c (about 60 nautical and about 69 statute) Each zone in the UTM Coordinate System is ____ wide. - ANS6° Feature types (geometric objects) and graphical elements can be combined to produce _______________. - ANSvisual variables Fiducial marks are used to locate this. - ANSThe principal point Fiducial marks help locate this. - ANSthe principal point For representing different rail lines over time, which visual variable would best differentiate the different companies that own them? - ANScolor (hue) For the UTM coordinate system in the southern hemisphere, the equator would be located at ____________. - ANS10,000,000mN Given the scale, which map will probably have the most detail? - ANS"one inch equals one mile" GPS segment that provides satellite ephemeris, atmospheric corrections, clock corrections, atmospheric data, and almanac. - ANSControl How many acres are in a square mile? - ANS640 If you had a parcel description of NE¼, NW¼, SE¼, Sec.24, T2N, R7E, 6th P.M., then your parcel of land would be how many acres? - ANS10 acres In infra-red imagery (thermal), built-up areas will appear _______? - ANSwhite-grey In infra-red imagery, water that is not turbid will show up as _______? - ANSblack Land records that contain information about use, resources, ownership (titles and deeds), valuation and taxes, and other descriptions of a land parcel and integrated by a Land Information System (which is similar to a GIS). - ANScadastre Map projection designed to emphasize the "Global South" over the high income countries of the northern hemisphere. - ANSGall-Peters Match the definitions to the correct term. - ANSSlanted typeface used for emphasis or to indicate a hydrographic feature= italics Spacing between lines of a text= leading