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POLICE TECHNOLOGY - Chapter Five
(Geographic Information)

 

Learning Objectives

• The student will understand the basic parts of a map and how they are used.
• The student will understand the theory of trilateration in conjunction with time difference on arrival (TDOA).
• The student will understand how global positioning satellites operate.
• The student will understand the difference between a map and a geographic information system.
• The student will understand the different types of information contained in a geographic information system and the general uses of that information.

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Almanac

Attribute

Automatic Vehicle Locator

(AVL)

Clock Drift

Demographics

Differential Correction

Dilution of Precision

(DOP)

Discrete Site

Ephemeris Error

Error Budget

Features

Geocode

Geographic Information

System (GIS)

Global Positioning Satellite

(GPS)

Image Data

Orientation

Points, Lines, and Areas

Raster Data

Real Time

Selective Availability (SA)

Spatial Data

State Plane Coordinates

Tabular Data

Thematic Maps

Time Difference on Arrival

(TDOA)

Triangulation

Universal Transverse

Mercator

Value

Vector Data

Waypoint

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