G151 F08 - QGIS Lab Questions
Assigned: 9/2, Due: on or before 9/9

Questions:

	What is open source software?

	What is metadata? Why is it important?

	What is the projection of the data downloaded from CaSIL? What are there units?

	How many bits in a byte? 
	How many bytes in a kilobyte? 
	What does MB stand for? 
	How many KBs are there in 1 MB?
	How many MB in 1 GB?

	What does the prefix "kilo" stand for?
	What does the prefix "mega" stand for?
	What does the prefix "giga" stand for?

	What is "vector" data?
	What is "raster" data?

	What is a DRG?

	What is the scale and source of the local_roads data you downloaded?

	What is the printed map scale of a DRG?

	Why don't the roads of local_roads and the roads on the DRG not line up?


-- Distances --

	How far from COC campus to CCC campus? (in km and mi)

	How much area is covered by one DRG? (in sq. km, mi, and ac)

	How far is it from Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita? (in miles)

	Is maps.google.com using "straight line distance" or path distance?

	Why might this distance differ from other sources for this measurement?

	How far is it from LA to SF? (in miles)


-- Area --

	How big is CA? (sq. mi, sq. km, and ac)

	How tall is CA? (from North to South, in mi)

	How long is the CA Coastline? (in mi, km)