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- GIS capabilities
- Capture, Store ([Relational] DataBase Management System), Query, Analyze, Display, Output
- Ecology
- discipline of biology that studies the interrelationships between organisms and their environment
- Science
- boy of knowledge, collection of facts about the natural world, a dynamic process, systematic way to investigate the natural world.
- Sustainable development
- Economic growth that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own economic needs.
- Deep ecology worldview
- our place in the world is harmony with nature, a spiritual respect for life. Humans and environment have equal worth. BIOCENTRIC
- Environmental worldview
- worldview that helps us make sense of how the environment works, our place in the environment, and right and wrong behaviors.
- Picnoclyne
- Difference in densities (related to salinity and temp) causes water to not mix right away
- Global Distillation Effect
- a process which volatile chemicals enter the atmosphere in warm regions and moves to areas at higher, cooler latitudes
- Analysis
- Proximity (how far from a to b?) Overlay (layer stack) Network (Euclidean distance, Routes along local roads)
- Continuous Data 2 kinds
- Interval: No True Zero, Temperature (+&- no *&/), Ratio: True Zero possible, Precipitation (can *&/ only data to normalize)
- People Ovepopulation
- situation in which there are too many people in a given geographical area
- Rastor
- set of uniform size pixels (voxel 3d) whose area represents real spatial area, does store empty space
- Consumptions Overpopulation
- situation that occurs when each individual in a population consumes too large a share of resources.
- Far - Infrared (Thermal)
- People ect
- PDOP (satellite coverage)
- Position Dilution Of Precision
- Vector
- Point for every change, does not store empty space (lines, polygons)
- Environmental science
- The interdisciplinary study of humanity's relationship with other organisms and the nonliving physical environment.
- Discreet Data 2 kinds
- Harder to see change over time, Nominal: name ect Ordinal: order relative to each other w/out numerical value (finishing places in a race when times not known)
- MAUP
- Modifiable Aerial Unit Problem
- NIMBY, NIMTOO
- Not In My BackYard, Not In My Term Of Office
- Query
- Spatial (where) & Temporal (why) extents
- Middle - Infrared
- Soil, Water, (some vegitation)
- Near - Infrared
- Vegitation
- Choropleth Maps
- Categorical, Quantitative, Data classified in ranges, Assumption: uniformly distributed factors within polygons (not true), Boundaries not equal (spatial homogenaity)
- GISc
- Geographic Informtion Science, Includes GIS and integration of related fields to facilitate analysis
- Statistical Generalization (continuous data)
- Equal Interval (= range), Quantiles(=#of observations), Natural Breaks(algorithm or eyeball it, maximize interclass [differences btwn groups] minimize intraclass [consistency within groups], Standard Deviation (normal distribution)
- GIS
- Geographic Information Systems, collection and display of data in an interactive and collaborative way to help organize for scientists to analyze and notice trends
- Western worldview
- human superiority and dominance over nature, unrestricted use of natural resources and increased economic growth. Mirrors the beliefs of the 19th century frontier attitude (conquer and exploit nature as quickly as possible) ANTHROPOCENTRIC
- Remote Sensing
- Observation from far away using how objects reflect "light"
- LIDAR & DEMs
- LIght Detection And Ranging (active sensing system) --> Digital Elevation Models
- ISPY
- Imagery, Signatures (unique identifier), Perspective, You (analysis)