Lab#1 QuestionsName: Emily SnowEmail Address: [email protected]. Where will you find the data for the labs? J:\isis\html\courses\2008spring\geog\370\006\data2. Print screen of AFS ACL. Crop and expand box so that instructor can read the text of the box!3. What is the drive letter of your home directory (i.e., your ATN home directory, not your GEOG 370 class directory)? Where do you save your labs?The drive letter of my home directory is the H drive. I save my labs to my onyen subfolder within the students subfolder under J:\isis.unc.edu\html\courses\2008spring\geog\370\006 or M:\students\esnow.4. If you were working on a computer in an ATN lab and wanted to save your work to a location where only you and no one else could see it, where should you save it?I should save it to the private folder of my H drive. H:\private5. If you had a webpage at UNC, what would be the URL for your webpage?http://www.unc.edu/~esnow/6. Print screen of step 7 in the trip to San Francisco exercise.This is the point where the distance between the Marriott Hotel and Marina and the nearest trolley station was measured.7. What is a layer?A layer is a data frame. You can have several open, but you can only use one at a time. You can switch by selecting a different layer in the table of contents. A layer contains features that represent real-life objects.8. What is a feature? (-0.5)The features are the elements chosen to be studied on the map. Features within a layer have the same shape and characteristics and are within the same geographic extent.9. Describe the difference between large and small scale, including the level of detail and example ratios. (-1.5)The scale is the comparison between what is on the map and what is in real life. If the scale is small, like 1:1000, this means that the real thing is 1000 times bigger than what you’re seeing on the map. You’re up close. However if the scale is big, like 1:100,000, this means that the real thing is 100,000 times bigger than what you’re seeing on the map. You’re pretty far away. Scaleis simply a ratio between the map and reality.Large scale: covers a small area in more detail; examples are a map of city streets or a building plan; Possible scale is 1:200,000Small scale: covers a large area in less detail; example is a world map; Possible scale is 1:80,000,00010.What are the two views in ArcMap and what can you do within each one? (-1.0)The two views in ArcMap are two different data frames. With the U.S. map, you can see the general view and relative distance between New York and San Diego. The bigger map of San Diego allows you to explore the city and zoom in and out easier.Data view: explore, edit, query, analyze, and symbolize data; can only view one frame at a timeLayout view: arrange data frames and add map elements like scale bars and titles; where a map gets ready to be published; can view multiple
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