Name: Matthew Whitehead
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1) Where will you find the data for the labs? (Tell me the full path)
After going to my computer, the data for the labs will be located in J:\isis.unc.edu\html\courses\2008spring\geog\370\006\data
2) Print screen of AFS ACL. Crop and expand box so that instructor can read the text of the box!
3) What is the drive letter of your home directory (i.e., your ATN home directory, not your GEOG 370 class directory)? Where do you save your labs?
The drive letter for my home directory is H:\. You can save your labs in your personal subfolder in the J:\ and M:\ drives or use a personal flash drive.
4) If you were working on a computer in an ATN lab and wanted to save your work to a location where only you and no one else could see it, where should you save it?
You can save it on the H:\ drive in the private folder after logging onto an ATN computer.
5) If you had a webpage at UNC, what would be the URL for your web page?
6) Print screen of step 7 in the trip to San Francisco exercise.
7) What is a layer?
A layer is a group of similar features that are projected on the same coordinate system and defines how these features are displayed on a map. Cf. Data frames are made of layers. A GIS map is made of multiple layers.
8) What is a feature?
A feature is a representation of an object on a map using points, lines, and polygons.Cf. Features within a layer have the same shape and characteristics and are within the same geographic extent.
9) Describe the difference between large and small scale, including the level of detail and example ratios.(-0.5)
Scale refers to the ration of distance on a map to the actual real world dimensions of a feature. Large scale shows a better level of detail (1:10) small scale is coarser and lacks detail (1:100,000). (Map extent?)
Large scale: covers a small area in more detail; examples are a map of city streets or a building plan; Possible scale is 1:200,000
Small scale: covers a large area in less detail; example is a world map; Possible scale is 1:80,000,000
10) What are the two views in ArcMap and what can you do within each one?
The two views are data view and layout view. Data view you edit, symbolize, analyize, etc. the data. In layout view you create a map by adding scale bars, north arrows, titles, etc. and arrange the frames.Cf. Data viewcan only view one frame at a time. Layout viewcan view multiple frames
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