Assessment

You can use the submit your answers to the Assessment via the Module 1 Quiz on Canvas. Questions are listed here with hyperlinks to the relevant section of the module if you need help finding answers. If you would like a .pdf version of the instructions, you can it download it here.

Written Answers

Written answers should be brief but they should adequately answer the question. Bullet point format is sufficient unless otherwise specified. All written answers will be evaluated following this general rubric.

• Scores & categories are general guides, you TA may assign scores between these levels
• Your TA will provide brief comments where applicable, if you need more feedback you can follow up with your TA.

Lecture Content Questions

1 Use the information presented in the Vox video to write a paragraph or two discussing how racial bias has permeated our tech systems and some of the things that need to be done to counter these issues.

2 Read the highlighted portions of Chae et al. (2015) on racism and health outcomes. Then use this information to write a couple paragraphs outlining what they found, how the type of data they used can be a useful alternative for traditional metrics, and what are some potential limitations to this type of research.

3 What are positionality statements and why are they important?

4 If something is illegal, that means it is also unethical. [T/F]

5 Proprietary software can help minimize the barriers to access GIS technology. [T/F]

6 Citizen Science and Participatory GIS rely on active public engagement, Volunteer Geographic Information is not dependent upon public engagement. [T/F]

7 GIS has a wide range of applications in the public and private sectors. [T/F]

8 Our guest speaker Alysha Baratta works for a vancouver based non-profit organization called Peace Geeks. [T/F]

9 Write a paragraph or two describing what our guest speaker talked about and what you found most interesting about her presentation.

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Lab Application Questions

10 What is geocoding?

11 What is the difference between Mapbox’s geocoding service and the ArcGIS World Geocoder?

12 What are the lat, lon coordinates of the UBC geography building?

• 49.265772, -123.255976
• -49.265772, -123.255976
• -123.255976, 49.265772
• 49265772, -123255976

13 Why do you think reverse geocoding the coordinates for “Location2” failed to return a result?

14 What is the most common street tree in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood?

• KWANZAN FLOWERING CHERRY
• NORWAY MAPLE
• EUROPEAN BEECH
• WESTERN RED CEDAR
• JAPANESE MAPLE

15 What file format are we using to save this webmap?

• .html
• .csv
• .png
• .jpg
• .geojson

16 What are some pros/cons that you can think of for using an open source programming language like python to do GIS, verses a proprietary software package like ArcGIS Pro?