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Question 12 Marks

Write about GIS.

Answer

GIS - Geographic Information System - is a computer system that collects geographical information from a variety of sources and processes it as needed.

GIS displays such information on a map.

GIS was first used in 1968 by Roger Tomlinson.

GIS stores observations of different levels of field information.

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Question 22 Marks

Write about the functions of a map making software.

Answer

Software such as Erdas image and Envi are used to obtain geographical information by processing various images received by satellite.

Grass-GIS, Arcview, Geo Media, Gram ++ for creating maps and graphs. l-Gis, SPSS, SAS, Open Office, Calc, Ms Office Excel etc. software is used.

Natural disasters are assessed; weather forecasting, resource-research, crop-production, groundwater depth, etc. are processed with the help of processing images using satellite images.

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Question 32 Marks

Give brief information about GPRS system.

Answer

General Pocket Radio Services is a global system based on 2G and 3G cellular communication system (2G and 3G cellular communication system) regardless of the amount of mobile information.

This system is known as GPRS for short.

GPRS is a packet-based wireless communication service that provides mobile phones and computers with speeds of 56 to 114 Kbps.

Informs users to constantly connect to the Internet.

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Question 42 Marks

Which components are included in the computer hardware ?

Answer

Keyboards, mice, monitors, printers, processing units, pen drives, etc. are hardware devices that come into the computer.

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Question 52 Marks

GIs are used in reference to which subjects?

Answer

GIS is used for the following topics:

(1) Natural resources
(2) Community service
(3) Health
(4) Energy
(5) Occupation
(6) Transportation
(7) Mapping of natural phenomena
(8) Water sources
(9) Seabed mapping
(10) Education
(11) To curb crime
(12) National security

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Question 62 Marks

What is Calc program?

Answer

Calc is a spreadsheet program.
With which different types of graphs can be created.
Graphs are a unique way of presenting large amounts of information in a compelling way.
Graphs are also called pictorial representations of statistics.
Different types of graphs can be accurately generated through this program.

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