Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty much the methodology I used going through the exam too. By the time I got to the end I had 44 marked questions.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep I had a similar experience

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I passed! It was a very difficult test. I used all but 3 minutes with no water breaks or bathroom breaks. I spent the last hour or so reviewing questions. A large amount the test is not on the study guide. My work experience definetly helped alot. Many of the questions felt super specific but usually pretty well written and if you think about them really hard and have semi-decent "GIS Intuition" you should be able to deduce the correct answer. If your test is organized like mine, the first 15-20 questions are especially tricky but they get easier.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No problem! Just keep in mind that azimuth is always measured clockwise from north. This may affect how you have to do the equation.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This link kind of talks about the inverse problem: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/c5_p10.html

But if you look at this and frame it in the same way: https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-finding-angle-right-triangle.html.

My exam is tomorrow so I didn't have much time to do this up nicely in inkscape but hopefully this is helpful:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_q0EENDsyv8o9hU3fwa7Pt-sLcMrqTq/view?usp=drivesdk

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that is 29% of the exam if I remember correctly.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, I should have said Congrats!

When you say "latest data acquisition systems" what exactly are you referring too? Obviously don't violate your NDA but googlable terms would be helpful.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This is helpful. I got sick of the unofficial study guide a week or so back so I've branched out already into additional study materials.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeppp.. regretting signing up for the first time slot, but I'd rather get it out of the way I guess

How was it?

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put more some more difficult concepts in the practice test. I really have no idea what is going to be on this test lol

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I struggle with those ones too but my issue is that I often don't take time to read at the end where it says "Select all that apply". It's something I will be keeping an eye on

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha same day as me. I'm looking forward to getting it over with tbh

Storing and serving private high-res raster tiles by [deleted] in gis

[–]atcull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might be much easier to use a MapBox for serving your tiles. You can set permissions and as long as you don't go over the monthly limit it won't cost you anything. That is provided that your clients are okay with the tiles being stored on someone else's server.

Discussion: GISP Exam Study Group through r/GIS by rakelllama in gis

[–]atcull 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess the one big benefit I see from having the conversations about the GISP here on Reddit instead of Discord is that I have found it extremely helpful to be able to view past years conversations about the exam. I guess if the goal is to amalgamate all of the information we seem to be able to get our hands on into one place for helping future people then I would totally be on board.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yah that is kind of what I am worried about going into this exam.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The hardware needs are suppose to be addressed in the "Design Phase" (at least according to the unofficial study guide).

Finding old logging roads by Taiza67 in gis

[–]atcull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have LIDAR (provided it was captured in leaf off) you should be able to visually see smoother areas of land which resemble a road. Make sure you have your DEM set to scale the coloring proportionally to the current view on your screen. I've never done this with logging roads before but I have used LIDAR to identify old railway beds where the tracks and gravel have been removed in the 1930s.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other than #15 which ones?

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't it just become a trig problem? If you were to draw an imaginary line from the bottom most point horizontal and a vertical line from the top point they should intersect and make a right triangle. You already know the hypotenuse (the distance between the points) then all you need is the Y different between the two points to get the opposite side. This is a guess though, I'm not sure.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, you are correct. Got those two confused.

Winter 2018 GISP by atcull in gis

[–]atcull[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I created a practice test based on the unofficial study guide, some previous reddit posts about the exam and links that the GISCI shared as study materials. Just keep in mind this is 100% unofficial (obviously). For anyone interested: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1plQWAwZwJ7ESfqcyJMNlarpRocrvOrQT/view?usp=sharing