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    This document provides an overview of examination questions for a course on global positioning systems (GPS). It includes 3 sections - essay questions, short answer questions, and multiple choice questions. The essay questions ask about the impact of GPS technology on GIS applications and the problem of georeferencing global datasets. The short answer question asks why GPS will not entirely solve the problem of creating precise GIS datasets. The multiple choice questions cover topics like selective availability, differential GPS, and what measurements a GPS receiver displays.

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    This document provides an overview of examination questions for a course on global positioning systems (GPS). It includes 3 sections - essay questions, short answer questions, and multiple choice questions. The essay questions ask about the impact of GPS technology on GIS applications and the problem of georeferencing global datasets. The short answer question asks why GPS will not entirely solve the problem of creating precise GIS datasets. The multiple choice questions cover topics like selective availability, differential GPS, and what measurements a GPS receiver displays.

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    This document provides an overview of examination questions for a course on global positioning systems (GPS). It includes 3 sections - essay questions, short answer questions, and multiple choice questions. The essay questions ask about the impact of GPS technology on GIS applications and the problem of georeferencing global datasets. The short answer question asks why GPS will not entirely solve the problem of creating precise GIS datasets. The multiple choice questions cover topics like selective availability, differential GPS, and what measurements a GPS receiver displays.

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    Examination and Study Questions for Global


    Positioning System
    1. Essay Questions
    2. Short Answer
    3. Multiple-choice

    Click here to review Lecture and Discussion Notes

    1. Essay Questions

    Limit each essay to two double-spaced typewritten pages plus references.

    1. Will GPS technology really make much difference to most GIS applications?

    2. What GIS applications can make the best use of GPS technology? Which application will be
    affected the least?

    3. To what extent is the problem of georeferencing a major obstacle to the creation of global
    GIS?

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    2. Short Answer

    Limit your answers to no more than 100 words.

    1. No matter how inexpensive and wide-spread GPS technology becomes, why will it not entirely
    solve the problem of creating precise and accurate GIS datasets?

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    3. Multiple-choice questions

    Choose the best or most appropriate answer(s) to the question.

    1. What is selective availability?

    1. The limited window of time during which GPS signals are within line-of-sight of a
    receiving antenna.
    2. The intentional degradation of GPS signals to deny full access to unauthorized
    users.
    3. The Department of Defense classification of GPS users with access to the Y-code (the
    encrypted P-code).
    4. A local tangent-plane coordinate system used to provide flat earth approximations for a

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    small area (<12 km).

    2. What is differential GPS?

    1. A method for correcting GPS measurements by comparing bias errors between a


    known location and the position of a "roving" GPS receiver.
    2. The variance between Code and Carrier Phase GPS positioning.
    3. Multipath or imaging problems that cause position errors in a GPS code-tracking
    receiver.
    4. The design variations between the US (GPS) and the Russian (GLONASS) satellite
    positioning systems.

    3. High accuracy, survey quality GPS is usually associated with:

    1. differential code phase tracking


    2. low-cost GPS
    3. differential carrier phase tracking
    4. No post-processing software

    4. The latitude, longitude, and altitude displayed by a GPS receiver represent:

    1. an estimate of the receiver's antenna position


    2. the height above MSL
    3. the three dimensional position fix with millimeter accuracy
    4. the height above the reference ellipsoid

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    Return to Geographer's Craft Homepage

    Created on 22 Dec 95. Revised on 5 February 2000. LNC

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