Geographic factors often influence United States government actions‚ both foreign and domestic. Some of these factors include location‚ physical environment‚ movement of people‚ climate‚ and resources. Although these geographic factors can lead to increase in our countries land size and some positive outcomes‚ there are also chances for negative outcomes. One action taken by the United States government that was influenced by geographic factors was the Louisiana Purchase. There were many historical
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2-3). Machu Picchu‚ believed to be the royal estate of the Inca ruler Pachacuti‚ is the most well-known of all the Inca archaeological sites. Professor Hiram Bingham discovered the site in July of 1911 and excavated it with the help of National Geographic and Yale University (Bingham‚ "The Story of Machu Picchu‚" 172). When Professor Bingham discovered the Incan city it was hidden by a thick layer of forest vegetation‚ but after years of excavation‚ he uncovered and documented the findings of Machu
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Association‚ Port- Harcourt‚ 13th October‚ 2003. _______(2001). “Representation of Geographical Data” in N.O. Uluocha & G.N. Nsofor (eds) Cartography and GIS in Nation Building‚ NCA‚ 25-26 Belgiu‚ M (2010). “Austria’s Geographic Data Conforms to INSPRE” Institute for Geographic Information Science‚ Salzburg‚ Austria in ArcNews Magazine‚ Summer 2010. Clarke‚ D (2013). “Global and Regional Initiatives on Spatial Data Infrastructure”‚ Presentation at UN Initiative on Global Geospatial Information
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MANAGEMENT THOUGHTS AND THEORIES The industrial revolution‚ which began in Europe in mid-1700s‚ was the starting point for the development of management concepts and theories. PRECLASSICAL CONTRIBUTORS TO MANAGENENT THOUGHT Name Period Contribution Robert Owen 1771- 1858 Proposed legislative reforms to improve working conditions of labor Charles Babbage 1792-1871 Advocated the concept of division of labor’; devised a profit-sharing plan which led to the modern-day Scanlon Plan Andrew
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National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) which acquires imagery during the typical growing seasons across the Continental United States.[3] On May 19‚ 1986‚ the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision on a case that had impact on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and a cartographer’s ability to use aerial imagery for map making. The case was Dow Chemical Company v. United States where Dow Chemical had filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency‚ who had used aerial photography
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period. What are geographic data? Geographic data link place‚ time‚ and attributes. Place Place‚ or location‚ is essential in a geographic information system. Locations are the basis for many of the benefits of geographic information systems: the ability to map‚ to link different kinds of information because they refer to the same place‚ and to measure distances and areas. Without locations‚ data are said to be "aspatial" and have no value at all within a geographic information system
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USE OF GIS AND REMOTE SENSING AS A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL IN LAND ADMINISTRATION: A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS NIGERIA BY ADEDAYO ADEWUNMI. A SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM‚ SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES‚ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS‚ AKOKA‚ LAGOS STATE‚ NIGERIA. MATRIC NUMBER: 109082061 CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Lagos city is a mega city and the hub of many economic activities. There is a high influx of people
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ESRI: Changing world. Case Synopsis Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) is a privately held‚ debt free‚ company that is a global leader in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software used for visualization and analysis of geographic data by institutional users across the globe. ESRI has pioneered this technology for four decades as it pursued its founder leader Jack Dangermond’s mission to change the world by making it spatially enabled. Since 2000‚ the world has changed. The
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The benefits of GIS GIS Application A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer based tool for mapping and analyzing spatial data(it is the data or information that identifies the geographic location of features and boundaries on Earth‚ such as natural or constructed features‚ oceans‚ and more) . GIS technology integrates common database operations such as query and statistical analysis with the unique visualization and geographic analysis benefits offered by maps. These abilities
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The Thought Fox Russell Taylor L6IB English The first line of the poem is very interesting. As the poet starts the poem with the word “imagine” it gives me the feeling that the poet is beginning to create something‚ he is trying to dive into his mind and unleash the power of his mind’s creativity. I think that he has emphasized this point by using the alliteration of the words “midnight moment’s”. In the second
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