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What is the definition of human environment interaction?
GeographyHuman Environmental Interactions can be defined as interactions between the human social system and (the “rest” of) the ecosystem. Human social systems and ecosystems are complex adaptive systems (Marten, 2001). What is human environment interaction examples? Below are a few examples of human environment interactions: Industrialization. Human interaction with the environment has changed drastically over
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What is RA in surface roughness?
Geography1, Ra is the arithmetic average of the absolute values of the profile height deviations from the mean line, recorded within the evaluation length. Simply put, Ra is the average of a set of individual measurements of a surfaces peaks and valleys. What is RA value surface roughness? Ra value. Surface roughness is a measure
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What is vector data structure in GIS?
GeographyVector is a data structure, used to store spatial data. Vector data is comprised of lines or arcs, defined by beginning and end points, which meet at nodes. The locations of these nodes and the topological structure are usually stored explicitly. What is vector data structure? A vector is a one-dimensional data structure and all
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What are human geographic features?
GeographyHuman Features. Human geography relates only to the human environment; something that is built by humans and would not have existed in nature without humans. Features include anything from a house to a city, and all the related infrastructure such as roads, rail, canals etc. What are examples of human features in geography? Places are
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What are the main types of settlement?
GeographyThere are generally three types of settlements: compact, semi-compact, and dispersed. What are the three main types of settlement? Settlement Types There are generally three types of settlements: compact, semi-compact, and dispersed. Each is based on its population density. Compact settlements have the highest density of population. What are 2 main types of settlement? Settlements
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What are the two main kinds of landforms in Washington?
GeographyIn Washington, the Columbia Plateau’s landscape ranges from an elevation of 160 feet along the Columbia River to nearly 4,000 feet above sea level in the Badger and Tekoa mountains. Prominent landforms in the ecoregion include the Palouse Hills, the Channeled Scablands, the Pasco Basin, and the Yakima Fold Hills. How human activity has had
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What do different colors on a topographic map mean?
GeographyThe colors of the lines usually indicate similar classes of information: topographic contours (brown); lakes, streams, irrigation ditches, and other hydrographic features (blue); land grids and important roads (red); and other roads and trails, railroads, boundaries, and other cultural features (black). What are the 5 colors on a topographic map? U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topo-
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What is spatial analysis of crime?
GeographyCapabilities of spatial analysis include outlining the boundary of a group of incidents, finding out how much crime occurred in a given area, and delineating the portion of a given area in which the largest number of incidents is concentrated. What is spatial analysis? Definition from the ESRI Dictionary: “The process of examining the locations,
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What is geospatial indexing?
GeographyWith the spatio-temporal library, you can use functions to index points within a region, on a region containing points, and points within a radius to enable fast queries on this data during location analysis. How does spatial indexing work? A spatial index is a data structure that allows for accessing a spatial object efficiently. It
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What is spur in geology?
GeographyA spur is a lateral ridge or tongue of land descending from a hill, mountain or main crest of a ridge. It can also be defined as another hill or mountain range which projects in a lateral direction from a main hill or mountain range. What is a geological spur? A spur is a long,