Section: Intro
Answers to section modules.

  • Module Name Overview
  • Module Name Keywords and metadata
Question: What is the difference a hazard and an exposure layer
Answer: A hazard is a type of layer that depicts the occurrence of natural disasters

Question: Which of the following statement is true
Answer: InaSAFE can be used before or after the occurrence of disasters and helps disaster managers to prepare for future disasters

Question: Exposure layers can only be vector layers
Answer: False

  • Module Name Keywords and metadata conversion
Question: What are InaSAFE keywords
Answer: This describes the parameters for each hazard/ exposure type

Question: What is the main difference when converting metadata with keywords 4.0 to 3.5 for hazard and vector
Answer: When converting a hazard layer you also need to specify what type of exposure the layer will be used with

Question: Can you convert metadata with keywords version 3.5 to version 4
Answer: Yes you just go through the keywords creation tool

  • Module Name Additional Keywords and metadata
Question: What is metadata
Answer: A document containing data about data. Contains information like where and when the data was collected

Question: Which statement is true
Answer: Metadata is generic for any type of GIS data

Question: Metadata generated by InaSAFE can be used in other programs
Answer: False

  • Module Name Upload
Question: What do you understand from the term layer style
Answer: Graphic icons and shapes that are used to denote the appearance of vector or raster features in a GIS

Question: Which of the following statements is true
Answer: In order to use GeoSAFE you need to upload a layer with the right keywords

Question: How does one generate a layer style file (.qml)
Answer: Exporting it from QGIS

  • Module Name Analysis
Question: Why is it encouraged to run analysis using a smaller extent
Answer: Analyses are resource intensive and generally take time running bigger areas

Question: Which of the following statements is false
Answer: All layers loaded in GeoNode are visible in GeoSAFE irrespective of the metadata contents

Question: Can you run an impact analysis using an aggregation layer in GeoSAFE
Answer: No

  • Module Name Troubleshooting
Question: What is the most likely reason an analysis fails
Answer: The area I intended the analysis to cover was very big and this exited after some time

Question: Which of the following statement is not true
Answer: Two or more analysis cannot be run concurrently. It cause GeoSAFE to crash

Question: Metadata without InaSAFE keywords renders the layers inaccessible to GeoSAFE
Answer: True

  • Module Name Reports
Question: What is the significance of the reports generated after running an impact analysis
Answer: They give information and statistics about the impact analysis

Question: Are the reports generated from GeoSAFE and InaSAFE desktop for the same Exposure / Hazard combination different
Answer: The difference would come if the version of InaSAFE used on the Desktop is newer and this would have other details in the records

  • Module Name Results in QGIS
Question: Which of the following statements is true
Answer: A user can assign another colour to the impact results provided he has generated the symbology in QGIS.

Question: Why do the maps generated in GeoSAFE look identical to the result layer you loaded in QGIS
Answer: The download from GeoSAFE also downloads the symbology for the layer.

Question: Do different browsers (Firefox, Safari) influence the appearance of the results
Answer: No the results are the same irrespective of the browser used.

  • Module Name Community
Question: When you have errors associated with metadata what is the best procedure
Answer: Edit the metadata in GeoNode.

Question: I am a competent developer which is the best way to collaborate
Answer: Navigate to Github and get the code that is used to run GeoNode and do modifications.

Question: GeoSAFE is a private project
Answer: No

  • Module Name Assessment