Exam Details

Subject Global Navigation Satellite System And Geographic Information System
Paper
Exam / Course POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN GEOINFORMATICS (PGCGI)
Department School of Sciences (SOS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Fill-in the blank spaces with appropriate word(s).

The word DBMS stands for

DEM stands for

The word GAGAN stands for

State if the following statements are True or False

Attribute is a set or collection of data that describes the characteristics of real world entities.

Buffer operation is an important spatial analysis function for point and line in GIS.

Data integration is a process of transformation of spatial and non-spatial data from one form to the other.

Match the items given in Column A with those given in Column B

Polygon Exactness of measured data
Object-Oriented Closeness between digital database and real world
Precision Vector Data
Accuracy Database Model

2. Write short notes on any four of the following

Database Creation

Spatial Elements and their Representation

GLONASS

Georeferencing

Raster to Vector Data Conversion

Spiral GIS Design Model

Data Consistency

3. Discuss the basic steps to find User's Location using a GPS device.

OR

What do you understand by Topological Modelling?

Write about the three segments of GPS.


4. Discuss the five components of GIS.

OR

Write about the different types of GIS output.

State the advantages and disadvantages of raster and vector GIS data models.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Geoinformatics Practical
  • Global Navigation Satellite System And Geographic Information System
  • Introduction To Geoinformatics
  • Remote Sensing And Image Interpretation