Review Notes Unit 1
Review Notes Besides the chapter notes included here and identified in class, review the following terms and ideas.

cartography, computer, GIS and the multiple definitions, spatial, database, model, feature, point, line, area, ad hoc query, spatial analysis, Geographic Information Science, thematic cartography, map overlay, software package, modular programming, GUI, WWW, spreadsheet, geographic grid, latitude and longitude, scale, shape of the earth, scale, verbal, graphic, representative fraction, edge matching, map projection, equivalence, conformality, cylindrical projection, conic projection, planar projection, transverse projection, oblique projection, equatorial projection, absolute location, relative location, link, volume, dimensionality, continuity, nominal data, ordinal data, interval data, ratio data, file, path, input, output, process, storage, CPU, K, M, G, RAM, LAN, WAN, DOS, operating system, soft copy, hard copy, large scale versus small scale, 5 steps of doing a GIS, CAD, TIGER, USGS, DD, DMS, 5 map essentials