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Geospatial Revolution Questionnaire

The document contains questionnaires for four episodes of the Geospatial Revolution series, covering topics related to GPS technology, urban geography, crisis mapping, and the impact of geospatial technologies on society. Each episode includes questions about historical events, technological advancements, and the use of geospatial data in various contexts. The questionnaires aim to engage viewers and assess their understanding of the material presented in the episodes.

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Geospatial Revolution Questionnaire

The document contains questionnaires for four episodes of the Geospatial Revolution series, covering topics related to GPS technology, urban geography, crisis mapping, and the impact of geospatial technologies on society. Each episode includes questions about historical events, technological advancements, and the use of geospatial data in various contexts. The questionnaires aim to engage viewers and assess their understanding of the material presented in the episodes.

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Geospatial

 Revolution  Questionnaire  
 
Geospatial  Revolution:  Episode  1  Questionnaire:  
1.  What  is  in  a  car  or  on  your  phone,  a  GPS  or  GPS-­‐receiver?  
2.  How  many  satellite  points  do  you  need  to  find  your  location?  
3.  Approximately,  how  many  coordinates  are  coded  into  the  GPS  receiver?  
4.  When  did  the  Babylonians  engrave  maps  on  tablets?    
5.  About  how  many  years  ago  did  GIS  (Geographic  Information  Systems)  start?  
6.  When  did  the  U.S.  Census  create  "TIGER"  files?    
7.  What  earthquake  was  highlighted  in  the  video?    
8.  Which  organization  first  rushed  in  to  help  in  the  search  and  rescue  of  information  for  this  earthquake?    
9.  What  was  the  text  message  number  set  up  for  reporting  issues  on  the  ground  for  this  earthquake?    
10.  About  how  many  volunteers  participating  in  the  crisis  mapping  effort  of  this  earthquake?  
 
Geospatial  Revolution:  Episode  2  Questionnaire  
1.  How  much  of  the  world's  population  is  "urban"?  
2.  What  city  in  North  America  was  highlighted  at  the  beginning  of  the  episode?  
3.  What  is  "PDX  Reporter"  and  what  can  you  do  with  it?  
4.  What  is  "LIDAR"?  
5.  What  company  was  highlighted  in  the  episode?  
6.  About  how  much  money  per  year  does  this  company  spend  on  technology?  
7.  What  is  "telematics"?  
8.  What  city  in  the  video  highlighted  the  need  for  more  supermarkets?    
9.  Which  company  opened  up  a  supermarket  due  in  part  to  the  food  trust  initiative  (and,  with  the  help  of  GIS)?  
10.  What  is  modern  geography  all  about  today  (according  to  Adena  Schutzberg)?  
 
Geospatial  Revolution:  Episode  3  Questionnaire  
1. T/F:  You  can  track  people  today  with  or  without  their  knowledge.    
2. What  has  map-­‐making  generally,  always,  been  driven  by  (in  part,  anyway)?    
3. Crises  in  the   ,  was  highlighted  in  the  video.    
4. What  were  the  Dayton  Accords  all  about?    
5. If  everyone  has  digital  technology  available  to  them,  then  what,  according  to  the    video,  is  the  real  enemy?    
6. How  do  you  detect  IEDs  using  remote  sensing?    
7. Which  city  in  California  uses  geospatial  technology  for    their  911  emergency  division?    
8. What  do  registered  sex  offenders  in  this  city  wear,  in  order  to  keep  track  of  their    location?    
9. What  in  your  phone  could  potentially  be  turned  on  without  your  knowledge?    
10.  The  more   available  the  more  transparent  the  world  becomes.    
 
Geospatial  Revolution:  Episode  4  Questionnaire  
1. What  do  maps  “bring”?    
2. What  does  mapping  ultimate  tell  us?    
3. With  regards  to  climate  change,  what  icy  location  was  initially  highlighted  in  the  video?    
4. About  how  many  hungry  people  are  there  in  the  world?    
5. What  happened  in  Zimbabwe  in  2005?    
6. In  what  year  did  John  Snow  make  his  Cholera  map?    
7. What  country  in  the  video  used  geospatial  technologies  to  monitor    and  map  the  swine  flu?    
8. What  city  in  Kenya  (highlighted  in  the  video)  was  mapped?  
9. What  tool  is  continually  being  taken  advantage  of?    
10.  How  can  geospatial  technologies  “help  save  the  world”?    

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