Chapter 1 Key Issue 1 – PART B
How Do Geographers Describe Where Things Are?
Rubenstein, pp. 12-13
● CONTEMPORARY TOOLS
1. Describe Geographic Information Science. How does it work? How does it help geographers?
2. Define remote sensing:
3. List several things that geographers can map using remotely sensed data:
4. Complete the following regarding a Global Positioning System.
GPS
Elements/components…
Uses/implementation…
5. Define geographic information systems (GIS)
6. GIS involved two types of data: vector and raster. What is the difference between these types of data?
7. Geographers use a GIS (Geographic Information System) to store “layers” of data. Give three
examples of types of data stored in a single layer.
8. Give an example of a useful “mash-up”