A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth's surface. By relating seemingly unrelated data, GIS can help individuals and organizations better understand spatial patterns and relationships. Most of the information we have about our world contains a location reference: Where are USGS stream gauges located? Where was a rock sample collected?
When the GIS data is incorporated into a map it is referred to as a GIS map or a GISM.
When the GIS data is incorporated into a map it is referred to as a GIS map or a GISM.
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Alternatively, it would be a prize given to a professional Chinese chef who makes the best lo mein around.
Alternatively, it would be a prize given to a professional Chinese chef who makes the best lo mein around.
When the Three Gorges Dam was built the Chinese government declared Eminent Lo Mein and thousands of Chinese restaurants were seized and shut down in order to make way for the new reservoir.
Hu Wang Fat makes the best lo mein in Albany, NY. He should receive an Eminent Lo Mein award Culinary Institute.
Hu Wang Fat makes the best lo mein in Albany, NY. He should receive an Eminent Lo Mein award Culinary Institute.
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This plate first appeared in 2005 before being revoked in 2007. It made a brief reappearance for a few months several years later after falling off of the DMV's banned list but was once again subsequently revoked.
This plate first appeared in 2005 before being revoked in 2007. It made a brief reappearance for a few months several years later after falling off of the DMV's banned list but was once again subsequently revoked.
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Logarithm is derived from Greek logos "reckoning, ratio," and arithmos "number."
Logarithm is derived from Greek logos "reckoning, ratio," and arithmos "number."
Since I can't make a nice table, let's use the following format: Base, Exponent, Expression, Result such that in line 1, Base = 10, Exponent = -3, Expression = 10^-3, Result = 0.001. We obtain,
10, -3,10^-3, 0.001 (or 1/1000) (line 1)
10, -2, 10^-2, 0.01 (or 1/100)
10, -1, 10^-1, 0.1 (or 1/10)
10, 0, 10^0, 1
10, 1, 10^1, 10
10, 2, 10^2, 100 (10 squared)
10, 3, 10^3, 1,000 (10 cubed)
And so forth.
Any positive real number can be expressed as the product of 10 raised to any real number; for example 100,000 can be written as 100 x 1000 = 10^2 x 10^3 = 10^5. Notice that the exponents are additive. It is easy to show that for division the exponents subtract.
Before the advent of hand-held electronic calculators, logarithms and the use of log tables reduced calculating time by converting long-hand multiplication into an addition process and long-hand division into a subtraction process where the result was accurate to three significant figures. One would just look up the logarithms of two or more numbers that were being multiplied, sum the logarithms, and then look up the corresponding number.
Another benefit of using logarithms is that curvilinear data points can be converted into linear data points, and the latter is easier to model with a first-order equation derived using either graph paper or linear regression analysis.
10, -3,10^-3, 0.001 (or 1/1000) (line 1)
10, -2, 10^-2, 0.01 (or 1/100)
10, -1, 10^-1, 0.1 (or 1/10)
10, 0, 10^0, 1
10, 1, 10^1, 10
10, 2, 10^2, 100 (10 squared)
10, 3, 10^3, 1,000 (10 cubed)
And so forth.
Any positive real number can be expressed as the product of 10 raised to any real number; for example 100,000 can be written as 100 x 1000 = 10^2 x 10^3 = 10^5. Notice that the exponents are additive. It is easy to show that for division the exponents subtract.
Before the advent of hand-held electronic calculators, logarithms and the use of log tables reduced calculating time by converting long-hand multiplication into an addition process and long-hand division into a subtraction process where the result was accurate to three significant figures. One would just look up the logarithms of two or more numbers that were being multiplied, sum the logarithms, and then look up the corresponding number.
Another benefit of using logarithms is that curvilinear data points can be converted into linear data points, and the latter is easier to model with a first-order equation derived using either graph paper or linear regression analysis.
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The Demorrhoids in San Francisco claim to help the homeless by throwing money at them but instead have only made the homeless problem even worse. Across the country Demorrhoids in power release inmates from prison because they think imprisoning people is inhumane but the end result is that innocent law-abiding citizens become the victims of increased crime and the "downtrodden" "abused" criminals end up with more rights than their victims. Demorrhoids preach that we must be compassionate to illegal aliens who come to America and yet Americans become the victims of the criminals who come here and the taxpayers have to pay to support these illegals including the attorneys who end up defending them. .
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Joseph Biden has been credibly accused of taking money from the Communist Chinese government for no legitimate business reasons and deliberately let a Chinese spy balloon traverse the entire continental United States. His actions have grave implications for national security. These actions rise to the level of treason and therefore makes Joseph Biden a traitor.
The conclusion is that Joseph Biden is a pervert and a traitor, hence a pervertraitor.
Joseph Biden has been credibly accused of taking money from the Communist Chinese government for no legitimate business reasons and deliberately let a Chinese spy balloon traverse the entire continental United States. His actions have grave implications for national security. These actions rise to the level of treason and therefore makes Joseph Biden a traitor.
The conclusion is that Joseph Biden is a pervert and a traitor, hence a pervertraitor.
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Alternatively, if one opened a slaughterhouse for horses in Seattle, Washington, one could call stew containing horse meat Seattle stew.
Alternatively, if one opened a slaughterhouse for horses in Seattle, Washington, one could call stew containing horse meat Seattle stew.
I just ate some meatballs from IKEA and when I found out that I had done so I got to thinking about horses and then I remembered the legendary Seattle Slew. hence the name, Seattle Stew.
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