Reminder: The final is worth 40% of the final grade for GEO 465 and 30% for GEO 565.
Format
- Same as midterm: Both multiple choice and short answer. On-campus students please bring a #2 pencil. I will again provide the scantrons. Distance ed students will again be using Blackboard.
- Comprehensive but w/more questions on material covered after midterm; major concepts moreso than details
- Powerpoint files for lectures 10-19
- Will NOT include
- "Web Sites of the Week," except for the UCGIS site
- Labs
- "supplementary info" on websites shown in class or in web notes
Major Concepts
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distinguishing characteristics of GIS
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field vs. object; raster vs. vector
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topology - you may see "the diagram" again
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Some terms: SQL, object orientation, ecological fallacy, mixel
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Spatial analysis (lec. 11-12)
- 3-D and temporal
- UCGIS research priorities
- guest lectures
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At least 2 "nasty" questions:
- resolution of a grid
- GIS queries as part of a spatial analysis step
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/gis/final_rev.html
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