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Registering and Using Imagery within a GIS - Answer Key

Author:  Joseph J. Kerski, USGS, jjkerski@usgs.gov, 303-202-4315

 

1) [ The image file is evidently not registered ]

2)  [ The angle would cause some distortion of the image ]

3)  

image file name                                             world file name

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rosebud.tif                                            rosebud.tfw

sheboygan.jpg                                      sheboygan.jgw

southdakota.bil                                     southdakota.blw

4)  [ no ]

5)  [ -97.26 W     49.43 N ]

6)  [.0107 degrees ]

7)  [ .0087 degrees  

8)  [ 742 ] 

9)  [ 695 ]  

10)  [ no ]

11)  [ the image file is not registered ]

12)  [ In the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of West Africa, at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degree longitude.  If there is no image registration information, the GIS software places the image at 0,0 ]  

13)     [ Upper Right hand: -89.60 W 47.92 N ]

[ Upper Left hand: -97.21 W   48.93 N ]

14) 

LINE1 = [ .0103234 ]

LINE2 = [ 0 ]            

LINE3 =  [ 0 ]

LINE4 =  [ -.0084748 ]

LINE5 =  [ -97.24 ]

LINE6 =  [ 48.94 ]

15)  [ Minnesota is west of the prime meridian ]

16)  [ Should be close ]

17)  [ Geographic coordinates ]

18) [ The image was displaying a little bit lower than the state

         outline. It required some adjustments to the latitude and longitude lines. ]

19)   .01077457122

     0

     0

     -.00871105121

     -97.260

     49.428

20)  [ no ]

21)  [ The St Francis fire image file is not georegistered ]  

22)  [ Visible on the image are some roads and streams ]

23)  [ stfrancisfire.jgw ]

24)  [0.000098

    0.0000

    0.0000

    -0.000077

    -101.0655

    43.23         ]

25)  [ First it was important to try to get proportions close (distances between

          features. Then the image can be moved up and down to line up with the

          vector features ]

26)  The image file covers a larger area ]   

27)  [ 415.53 sq km ] 

28)  [ 58.3 sq km ]

29)  [ Used the pointer tool to size the graphics ]   

30)  [ smoke is visible in the image ]

        [ Special camera was used to “color code” water (green) and

          also to determine temperature ( warmer areas are in the red

          spectrum ] 

31)  [ The resolution is much greater in the aerial photos ]

32)   [ center - pivot irrigated fields ] 

33)  [ With a GIS, an aerial view photo alone can be displayed in the correct

location and scale on a map by creating an appropriate world file. ]

[ With a GIS, the image can be moved and “stretched” by adjusting the

 values in the image’s World file ]

34) [ In ArcView, image data and vector data can be displayed together. The image data can be adjusted to “fit” the vector data ]

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