Download Test 2-includes quiz 3 cards | GEOG 363 - GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Georeferencing (2) DEFINITION 1 The recording or communicating with a mobile device when the device enters or leaves a geographic area.uses of georeferencing monitor paroles send advertisements to user TERM 2 Geocoding (3) DEFINITION 2 associating the geographic location of something based on a unique alphanumeric coding scheme.The coding scheme is not in latitude-longitude coordinates or in a map coordinate system. The codes are indirectly related to a geographic position.The geographic precision in a coding scheme may be very precise (e.g. street address) or may be very coarse (e.g. state). TERM 3 FIPS (3) DEFINITION 3 federal information processing standards identifies each state and county in the US.first two state code, last 3 county code TERM 4 US Postal Service zip code (4) DEFINITION 4 began in 1963First code is a broad geographic area ranging from 0 (Northeast) to 9 (West) Next 2 digits represent population concentrations. Last digits represent post offices or postal zones. TERM 5 Telephone area code (4) DEFINITION 5 began in 1951North America Numbering Plan (NANP) XXX Central Office Exchange Code XXXSubscriber Number XXXX TERM 6 Social security system (4) DEFINITION 6 began in 1935 Area or state of mailing address when person applied for SSN (method used since 1973). XXX Group Number areas within a state. XXserial number- XXXX TERM 7 TIGER database DEFINITION 7 a system for recording the planimetric location of geographicfeatures associated with the U.S. Census.The system includes thelocation and attributesof census related point, line, and areal features. TERM 8 Who created TIGER (2) DEFINITION 8 U.S. Geological Survey The USGS provided the spatial information for most features based on their topographic map series. U.S. Census Bureau The Census attributed the features. TERM 9 What information is stored on TIGER (3) DEFINITION 9 landmark features schools, churches line features roads, boundaries polygon features locations of landmarks TERM 10 Network distance (2) DEFINITION 10 distance along road-milepostdistance along river-river mile
