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“GIS Interview Questions and Answers will guide us now that Geographic Information System (GIS), or Geographical Information System, is any system that captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that are linked to location. Technically, a GIS is a system that includes mapping software and its application to remote sensing, land surveying, aerial photography, mathematics, photogrammetry, geography, so learn GIS by this GIS Interview Questions with Answers guide”



33 GIS Questions And Answers

21⟩ What is hydrological modeling?

GIS hydrological models can provide a spatial element that other hydrological models lack, with the analysis of variables such as slope, aspect and watershed or catchment area.

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22⟩ What is Geostatistics?

Geostatistics is a branch of statistics that deals with field data, spatial data with a continuous index. It provides methods to model spatial correlation, and predict values at arbitrary locations (interpolation).

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23⟩ What is GIS technologies?

Modern GIS technologies use digital information, for which various digitized data creation methods are used. The most common method of data creation is digitization, where a hard copy map or survey plan is transferred into a digital medium through the use of a CAD program, and geo-referencing capabilities.

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24⟩ What is a geographic information system?

GIS is a system of computer software, hardware, data, procedures and personnel combined to help, manipulate, analyze, and present information that is tied to a geographic location.

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25⟩ GIS interview questions part 4

► What are some other related mailing lists, ftp sites and internet sources for useful resources?

► Hey! But how do I subscribe to GIS-L, MAP-L, etc?

► What are some books and magazines available on GIS?

► Where can I get a copy of the Spatiotemporal Bibliography?

► What professional organizations are out there for GISers?

► What are some journal titles which carry GIS articles?

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26⟩ GIS interview questions part 2

► What are the United States map accuracy standards?

► What is the Vector Product Format and where can I get information?

► What is this SDTS thing and is it available via ftp?

► What is a DXF file and where can I get info about it?

► What is DEM and where can I find out about some?

► Where can I get information about TIGER/Line?

► How do I order USGS maps?

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27⟩ GIS interview questions part 3

► What is the Digital Chart of the World (DCW) and how do I get one?

► Is there a package available to convert from UTM to latitude/longitude?

► Does a file exists of lat/lons for US cities?

► Where can I get old antique maps?

► Is there a standard for representing latitude and longitude?

► Has anyone compiled a list of standards and formats?

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28⟩ GIS interview questions part 1

► What in the world is a 'GIS'?

► What colleges and universities offer coursework in GIS?

► What are the NCGIA anon ftp sites and what can be found there?

► Where is that On-Line GIS Bibliography (and what's in it)?

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29⟩ Do you know which software does DC GIS use?

The District GIS software standards consist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI) products and Google Inc. geospatial services and software. The ESRI standard includes the ArcGIS line of desktop and server software product lines. The Google standard includes the Google Earth Enterprise line of server side products and Google Maps for mash-up type applications. Other geospatial software packages and vendors can be accommodated if necessary to meet specific business requirements.

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31⟩ GIS interview questions part 7

► What are e-mail and paper addresses of some vendors?

► What public domain or shareware GIS software is available and where is it?

► Will GRASS run under LINUX OS on my PC?

► How can I convert ARC files to IDRISI?

► How can I convert ARC coverages to GRASS?

► Where can I find some AMLs to look at?

► How can I convert ARC files to some other graphics formats?

► How do Arc/Info and Intergraph MGE compare?

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32⟩ GIS interview questions part 5

► How can I subscribe to the Int'l Journal of GIS?

► What are some World Wide Web URLs for GIS information?

► Where can I find pointers to satellite data?

► Are any mailing lists archived anywhere?

► Can you recommend any other resource documents?

► Can you point me towards some on-line job resources?

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33⟩ GIS interview questions part 6

► What are some algorithms for calculating the distance between 2 points?

► What is GPS?

► What can you tell me about map projections?

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