Prepare for work in the spatial information services industry Assessment 1: Spatial Information and Occupational Roles in the SIS Industry Part A 1. In your own words‚ define spatial. Use the internet‚ or perhaps even a dictionary to find a range of explanations and use this information to formulate your own. SPATIAL is a word that can be associated to size of an area or abject. It can be also related to space‚ like physical space between objects. Another use is in relation to things happening
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Judgment: taking or making decisions on something while taking all choices into considerations. Mental Map: schema; a person’s image of the world based on experience. Open-Mindedness: approach new ideas and opinions with acceptance. Paradox of Cartography: something is never false only because it is used as a trusted source. Relativism: points of view‚ ideas‚ and facts have no absolute truth or validity. Skepticism: the questioning of knowledge; questioning anything that could be true. Ways
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Odysseus’s Greatest Enemy: The World Itself Greece is a beautiful Mediterranean-bordering country. People revel in its beautiful mountains and beaches. One would think that nothing bad could ever occur in such a beautiful paradise. However‚ in the grand epic The Odyssey‚ written by the Greek poet Homer‚ a gentleman named Odysseus is put into troubling scenarios which he must surpass in order to be reunited with his love‚ Penelope. As “People need heroes and epics provide heroes who
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A contour line (also isoline‚ isopleth‚ or isarithm) of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value.[1] In cartography‚ a contour line (often just called a "contour") joins points of equal elevation (height) above a given level‚ such asmean sea level.[2] A contour map is a map illustrated with contour lines‚ for example a topographic map‚ which thus shows valleys and hills‚ and the steepness of slopes.[3] The contour interval of a contour map is the difference
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"GIS" redirects here. For other uses‚ see GIS (disambiguation). A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture‚ store‚ manipulate‚ analyze‚ manage‚ and present all types of spatial or geographical data. Theacronym GIS is sometimes used for geographical information science or geospatial information studies to refer to the academic discipline or career of working with geographic information systems and is a large domain within the broader academic discipline of Geoinformatics
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Lillesand‚ T.M.‚ Kiefer‚ R.W.‚ Chipman‚ J.W. (2004). Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation 20. Lohse‚ V.‚ Heipke‚ C. (2004) Multi-image shape-from-shading: Derivation of Planetary Digital Terrain Models Using Clementine Images (1995). Elements of Cartography. New York: John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. 25. Russell‚ C.T. eds (2002). The Cassini-Huygens Mission. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 26. Sanchez‚ J.‚ Canton‚ M.P. (1999). Space Image Processing. Florida: CRC Press LLC. (2005). Report Of The IAU/IAG
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The Rise of Islam AP World History The Arabs • Semitic speaking people of the Middle East • Nomads who moved regularly to find water and food • Settled in the Arabian peninsula – desert land – lack of rivers and lakes The Arabs • Organized into independent clans/tribes to help one another with the harsh environment • Each tribe had a sheikh • Developed the caravan trade and were major carriers of trade from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea • Conflict over water & pasture land w/warrior
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Christopher Columbus‚ he discovered the New World. He was born in 1451‚ Genoa‚ Italy to a family of weavers and merchants. Before the discovery‚ Columbus was a wool worker‚ a sailor‚ a merchant‚ and a bookseller. He has studied mathematics‚ astronomy‚ cartography‚ navigation‚ and natural sciences at the “University of Pavia” (Young). Christopher Columbus left Spain to search for China and to spread the religion‚ but instead‚ discovered the New World. His voyage was captured in a journal that was written
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1470 when privateers attacked his ship as he sailed north of the Portuguese Coast. The boat sank‚ but Columbus made his way as he floated to shore on a scrap of wood and made his way to Lisbon. At Lisbon‚ Columbus studied mathematics‚ astronomy‚ cartography‚ and navigation. At Lisbon‚ Columbus began to hatch a plan to the change the world forever. At the end of the fifteenth century‚ it was nearly impossible to reach Asia by land. The route was long and arduous‚ and encounters with hostile armies
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Leonardo Da Vinci once said “Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else”. It is important to know that that every action a person takes will impact others in some shape or form. The artworks of Leonardo and Michelangelo displayed to the world their talents and the meaning of life. The Mona Lisa and the Sistine Chapel were both painted during the Renaissance period but from alternate perspectives. Both artists portrayed the human body differently. The Renaissance was
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