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GIS Past Paper Exams
GIS Past Paper Exams
1. Absorbed 2. Scattered
3. Transmitted 4. Reflected.
6. Natural Hazard Study: Using remote sensing the following natural hazards
can be predicted to some extent and hazards minimized:
1. Earthquake 2. Volcanoes
Remote sensing and GIS go hand in hand, since lot of data for GIS is from
remote sensing. Remote sensing needs GIS for data analysis. Some of the
areas of GIS application are:
3. lakes 4. canals
5. roads 6. railways
(4x2 Marks)
b) Supervised classification requires the analyst to select training areas
where he/she knows what is on the ground and then digitize a
polygon within that area.
The analyst requests the computer to examine the image and extract
a number of spectrally distinct clusters.
(6 Marks)
QUESTION 2:
QUESTION 3:
(8 Marks)
b) Three common orbit types for remote sensing missions are:
Polar orbit: with an inclination angle between 80 and 100 degrees,
the satellite motion is in westward direction. Sun synchronous
orbit: this is near polar orbit chosen in such a way that the satellite
always passes overhead at the same time. The inclination angle is 98
to 99 degrees (SPOT,IRS) Geostational orbit: this is the orbit in which
the satellite is placed above the equator at an altitude of
approximately 36,000 Km two common orbit types for remote
sensing missions
(6 Marks)
C) Image filtering is a technique done /conducted on spatial image to
reduce the noise or to sharpen blurred images. The use of filter leads to the
local image transformation and the new image is calculated and the value
of a single pixel depends on the values of its former neighbors.
(6Marks)
QUESTION 4: