Both raster-based least cost path analysis and vector-based shortest path analysis use Dijkstra's algorithm. Explain in general terms how Dijkstra's algorithm works.

What will be an ideal response?


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If you began a trip at 20° North, 60° West and traveled 120° farther west and 50° south, your new position would be

A) 30° South on the International Date Line. B) 30° North, 120° West. C) 70° North. on the International Date Line. D) 30° South the Greenwich meridian. E) 70° North on the Greenwich meridian.

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Assessing the proportion of children under the age of five who are underweight is one way that the United Nations can assess progress made in the battle against

A) hunger. B) distribution of food. C) the underproduction of food. D) global climate change.

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