Geography Question In One Sentence. (1 Marks)

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Examples of raster data are images taken by satellites, scanned maps, aerial photos, etc.

GPS (Global Positioning System) is used to know the location on Earth.

The GIS system displays geographic information on a map and allows the average person to understand geographical patterns and relationships.

Computers analyze, process, and direct information.

The goal of technology is to overcome and develop the conditions that hinder human development.

GIS is a computer-based system in which observations of different levels of spatial information are stored.

The physical equipment of a computer that can be touched and seen is called computer hardware.

• GIS system construction, public health, crime, national security, sustainable development, natural resources, landscaping,
• Useful for localization of public facilities.

Vector data is information that has dimension with direction and raster data is usually the images in which ‘pixels’ are used.

GIS was first used in 1968 by Roger Tomlinson.

Grass-GIS software has to be used to create raster and vector maps.

Examples of vector data are parameters that represent the position of one object relative to another, such as streets, rivers, railways, lakes, urban areas, slums, canals, etc.

Grass software can be installed in operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac and OSX.

Calc programs are needed to create different types of graphs.

Scanners are used to add printed map information to a computer.

The digitizer is used to co-ordinate the information of a fixed point and area required to create a map in a computer with respect to latitude-longitude.

Computer hardware like digitizers, scanners, platters etc. are used for geographical tasks.

Examples of computer software are Microsoft Office, Open Office, Windows operating system, Linux operating system, Mozilla Firefox, etc.

Computer software is a program in a computer that allows you to perform certain tasks in digital form.

Keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, processing unit, pen drive etc. are computer hardware tools.