Homework Assignment 1

due September 9

AWER 4930, fall 2003

1  short answers

1. What is a GIS? What are the main technologies that created GIS?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. What is the main difference between GIS, computer cartography, and CAD?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. What is the man difference between continuous and discrete data? What are the main graphic primatives for representing geographic objects?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. What is a fractal dimension? How does it affect our representation of spatial data?