Main Page
From Open Geospatial Encyclopedia
This is an experiment being conducted at Brigham Young University into creating an free, online textbook on geographic information science and technology.
Geog 311 Assignment Entries:
- Week 1: The Geospatial Community
- Week 3: The Raster Data Model
- Week 6: GIS Data Sources
Current Articles:
| Tags | 311 Week | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albers Equal Area Conic | projection conic |
7 | Laurie H. Brian Bunker,Robert McCleary |
| ArcGIS | Software | 1 | Jarom Randall Teresa Gomez |
| Attribute | GIS data description |
2 | Wesley Hodges, Dantley Ryan Hendricks |
| AutoCAD DXF | vector data type |
6 | Nathan Thomas Wesley Hodges |
| CaGIS | organization | 1 | Roxanne Yorgason |
| Canadian Geographic Information Systems | history canada GIS |
1 | Carson |
| Cartesian coordinate system | coordinates | 7 | Tyson Barlow, Rob Sanders |
| Conceptual Model | definition model |
2 | Marah Carmona Sean Young, Teresa Gomez |
| Conic Projection | Map Projections | 7 | Marah Carmona David Burchfield |
| Cylindrical Projections | 7 | Ben Hillam Olaf Johnson, Teresa Gomez |
|
| Data Model | GIS data |
2 | Janalyn Washburn, Jon Peaden Nathan Thomas, Bryce Albrecht |
| Data Models | GIS data |
2 | Roxanne Yorgason Andrew Keske |
| Data Sharing | 6 | Ben Hillam Carson |
|
| Data sharing | Data Sharing Information standards |
6 | Andrew Keske Laurie H. |
| Datum | projections/coordinate systems | 7 | Jarom Randall, Karl Yorgason |
| Digital Elevation Model (DEM) | raster elevation. |
3 | Wesley Hodges, Olaf Johnson Brian Bunker |
| Digital Orthophoto | photo raster digital |
3 | Laurie H. Jarom Randall, Karl Yorgason |
| Digital Raster Graphic | USGS scanned map |
3 | Carson Ben Hillam, Thalassa Jones |
| DigitalGlobe | imagery data source Earth imagery vendor |
6 | Chris Maderia Andrew Keske |
| Digitizing | vector digitizing maps coordinates |
4 | Laurie H., Rob Sanders |
| Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) | industry | 1 | Thalassa Jones, Rob Sanders |
| Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) | organization data standards |
1 6 |
Chris Maderia, Carson Stam Ryan Hendricks, Thalassa Jones |
| Federal Geospatial Data Committee | FGDC data standards |
6 | Marah Carmona Rob Sanders |
| Field(theoretical) | raster representation Tobler |
2 | Sean Young Brian Bunker, Thalassa Jones |
| First Law of Geography | spatial autocorrelation history |
2 | Karl Yorgason Laurie H., Rob Sanders |
| Freedom of Information Act (U.S.) | data information history government |
6 | Wesley Hodges, Janalyn Washburn, Rob Sanders Jarom Randall, David Burchfield |
| Fuller Projection | Buckminster Fuller dymaxion maps |
7 | Sean Young Bryce Albrecht, Rob Sanders |
| GIF | raster image type | 3 | Roxanne Yorgason Laurie H., Rob Sanders |
| GIS Certification Institute | organization | 1 | Dantley |
| GIS Data Resources, Inc. (GDR) | Data Source | 6 | Ryan Hendricks Tyson Barlow |
| Generalization | Definition | 2 | Nathan Thomas Carson |
| GeoSpatial One-Stop | industry Government |
1 | Nathan Thomas David Burchfield |
| Geographic Phenomenon | description Scale |
2 | Bryce Albrecht, Bryan Wilson David Burchfield, Jon Peaden |
| Geographic Processes | 2 | Thalassa Jones Roxanne Yorgason |
|
| Geographical Information | vocabulary definition |
2 | Benjamin Hillam Janalyn Washburn |
| Geography Markup Language (GML) | 7 | Robert McCleary Ben Hillam |
|
| Geoid | datum spheroid model |
8 | Jon Peaden Andrew Gilbert |
| Geospatial | 2 | Andrew Gilbert Ben Hillam |
|
| industry maps |
1 | Tyson Barlow Andrew Keske |
|
| Google Earth | Software | 1 | Jon Peaden Chris Maderia |
| Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) | freedom of information act state information |
6 | Brian Bunker, Rob Sanders Teresa Gomez |
| Harvard Lab | history academics |
1 | Karl Yorgason |
| Header | Description | 3 | Bryce Albrech, Robert McCleary Dantley |
| History of Web Mapping | web history cartography |
1 | Brandon Plewe |
| IKONOS | service satellite remote sensing |
1 | Wesley Hodges, Rob Sanders |
| Ian McHarg | History | 1 | Janalyn Washburn, Ryan Hendricks |
| Interpolation | spatial auto-correlation | 2 | Jarom Randall Olaf Johnson, Karl Yorgason |
| JPEG | image format | 3 | Andrew Gilbert, Rob Sanders Sean Young |
| KML | KML web geographic markup language |
7 | Andrew Keske Chris Maderia |
| LANDSAT | Remote Sensing history satellites |
1 | Sean Young |
| Lambert Conformal Conic Projection | 7 | David Burchfield | |
| Lambert conformal conic Projection | 7 | Olaf Johnson | |
| Lambert conformal conic projection | Geographic projection | 7 | Chris Maderia |
| MapInfo | Industry | 1 | Marah Carmona Laurie H. |
| MapServer | data sharing internet |
8 | Laurie H. |
| Mercator Projection | mercator projection map |
7 | Roxanne Yorgason Wesley Hodges |
| Metadata | standards data quality data background |
6 | Karl Yorgason, Roxanne Yorgason, Thalassa Jones |
| Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) | georeferencing system UTM |
8 | Rob Sanders Karl Yorgason |
| Model | database design ArcGIS process automation |
2 | Brian Bunker Robert McCleary |
| Mollweide projection | Projections ellipsoid |
7 | Janalyn Washburn Laurie H. |
| MrSID | raster compression image format |
3 | Chris Maderia, Bryan Wilson, Jon Peaden Janalyn Washburn |
| Multiband | Raster Terms | 3 | Tyson Barlow Bryce Albrecht, Robert McCleary |
| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) | organization government |
1 | Laurie H.,Ben H. |
| National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) | infrastructure | 6 | Sean Young, Teresa Gomez |
| North American Datum (NAD) | datum geodesy reference |
7 | Wesley Hodges Sean Young |
| Object | description terms |
2 | Tyson Barlow Dantley |
| Odyssey GIS | history | 1 | Brian Bunker |
| Open Records Law | Freedom of Information Act (U.S.) legal |
6 | Jarom Randall, Bryan Wilson Sean Young |
| Planar Projection | Map projection | 7 | Ryan Hendricks, Thalassa Jones Nathan Thomas |
| Public Land Survey System (PLSS) | Coordinate System | 7 | Bryce Albrecht Roxanne Yorgason |
| Pyramid File | Raster Image |
3 | Andrew Keske Chris Maderia, Nathan Thomas |
| Quad Tree | raster | 3 | Nathan Thomas Carson |
| Quad tree | description | 3 | Marah Carmona Wesley Hodges |
| Raster Cells | 3 | David Burchfield Tyson Barlow |
|
| Raster Compression | file size lossy lossless |
3 | Sean Young, Ben Hillam Olaf Johnson |
| Raster Data Model | data model | 3 | Brian Bunker, Dantley Frehner Ryan Hendricks |
| Raster data | GIS data representations |
2 | Chris Maderia Wesley Hodges, Karl Yorgason |
| Reference Ellipsoid | Projections Datum |
7 | Teresa Gomez Marah Carmona |
| Resolution | Digital Imaging | 3 | Ryan Hendricks, Thalassa Jones Teresa Gomez, Marah Carmona, Andrew Gilbert |
| Sample | Data Collection | 2 | Robert McCleary, Olaf Johnson Jarom Randall |
| Satellite Image | satellite raster resolution GPS |
3 | Karl Yorgason Andrew Keske |
| Scale | Mapping | 2 | Ryan Hendricks, Andrew Keske Andrew Gilbert |
| Scale of Measurement (Stevens' NOIR) | nominal ordinal interval ratio measurement attribute |
2 | Carson Laurie H. |
| Simple Features | feature vector representation |
4 | Carson, Dantley |
| Spatial Data Infrastructure | 6 | Robert McCleary, Bryce Albrecht Ben Hillam |
|
| Spheroid | Projections Datum |
8 | Andrew Gilbert Laurie H. |
| State Plane Coordinate System | state plane coordinate system SPS SPCS transverse mercator lambert public land survey |
7 | Bryan Wilson Janalyn |
| TIFF | Raster Image Type | 3 | Jarom Randall Jon Peaden |
| TIGER | Roads Topology Internet Mapping |
6 | Andrew Gilbert Karl Yorgason |
| The National Atlas | GIS data source | 6 | David Burchfield Chris Maderia, Brian Bunker |
| The National Map | geospatial organization preservation map |
6 | Laurie H. Nathan Thomas |
| TiFF | Image format | 3 | Janalyn Washburn Roxanne Yorgason |
| Tissot's indicatrix | projection | 7 | Nathan Thomas Carson |
| UCGIS – University Consortium for Geographic Information Science | organization | 1 | Bryce Albrecht Bryan Wilson |
| UGS | 6 | Jon Peaden Robert McCleary |
|
| UK Ordnance Survey | government | 1 | Robert McCleary David Burchfield |
| United States Geological Survey (USGS) | industry Government |
1 | Andrew Keske, Olaf Johnson |
| Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM) | UTM projections |
7 | Carson Thalassa Jones |
| Urban and Regional Information Systems (URISA) | organization | 1 | Bryan Wilson |
| Utah Geographic Information Council (UGIC) | organization | 1 | Andrew Gilbert |
| Utah State Geographic Information Database (SGID) | data source public |
6 | Tyson Barlow Bryce Albrecht, Andrew Gilbert |
| Vector Data Model | 4 | Robert McCleary | |
| Vector Graphics | 1 | Olaf Johnson Tyson Barlow, David Burchfield |
|
| WGS 84 | datum reference ellipsoid |
7 | Brian Bunker Jarom Randall |
