(Textbook) Chapter 2 Lesson 2

Question 1

What percent of the world’s data is spatial?

Answer 1

80%

Question 2

Topography

Answer 2

Elevation

Question 3

What is a collection of 31 satellites transmitting location data to handheld receivers?

Answer 3

GPS

Question 4

A satellite collecting data would be an example of what?

Answer 4

Remote sensing

Question 5

Maps created by stacking layers of information are known as what?

Answer 5

GIS