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AP HUG Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reference Maps | designed for people to refer to for general information about places. (Don't have data) |
| Thematic Maps | are used as a communications tool – tell us how human activities are distributed. (Have data) |
| Clustering | Close/bunched up together |
| Dispersal | Far apart |
| Elevation | using levels of how high/low something is located on the land |
| Mercator Projection | Greatly distorted toward poles Useful for sea travel |
| Robinson Projection | Everything is distorted in small amounts |
| Goode Projection | Directions and distant aren’t accurate |
| Gall Peters Projection | Shape of countries especially near the equator are distorted |
| Geospatial data | all information including physical features and human activities |
| GIS | is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth's surface |
| GPS | This system uses data from satellites to pin-point a location on earth and help people find their way to a destination. |
| Remote Sensing | refers to the process of taking pictures of the Earth's surface from satellites (or, earlier, airplanes) to provide a greater understanding of the Earth's geography over large distances. |
| Geospatial Data | all information including physical features and human activities |
| Census data | an official count of individuals in a population |
| Absolute location | The precise spot where something is located (address,latitude coordinates) |
| Relative Location | where something is in relation to other things (directions) |
| Space | extent of a area and can be in a relative and absolute sense |
| Place | refers to the specific human and physical characteristics of a location. |
| Distance Decay | a geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions |
| Time-Space Compression | is the increasing sense of connectivity that seems to be bringing people closer together even though their distances are the same |
| Pattern | The geometric or regular arrangement of something in an area |
| Sustainability | The practice of using natural resources responsibility, so they can support both present and future generations |
| Environmental Determinism: | How the physical environment caused (determined) social development |
| Possibilism | the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment |
| Scale | the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole also a concept describing how "zoomed in" you are while studying a geographic trait |
| Scale of Analysis: | how zoomed in or out you are when looking at geographic data |
| Region | a place larger than a point and smaller than a planet that is grouped together because of a measurable or perceived common feature |
| Formal Region | all government areas are this because they share a government One characteristic in common EX: Corn belt,rust belt,Wisconsin,USA,climate zones,etc. |
| Functional Region | United around one center node/point EX: school,radio station,public bus route |
| Perceptual Region | People believe It's a region even when it's not EX:Midwest,South,French Canada |
| Choropleth Map | Colored maps |
| Dot Distribution Map | Each dot represents a specified quantity of a spatial characteristic. |
| Proportional Symbol Msp | Use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of a variable. |
| Isoline | Use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space. Used for weather and elevation. |
| Cartogram | The sizes of countries are shown according to a specific variable. Area is distorted to show a variable. Enlarge countries |
| Quantitative data | Numbers |
| Qualitative data | Research, field notes,observations,stories |
| Global Scale | Shows the world at one level of data |
| Regional scale | Shows data by continent or major world regions |
| National Scale | Shows data for one or more countries |
| Local/sub-national scale | Shows data at a subnational level |
| Topographic Map | a map illustrating the topography or shape of the land surface |
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JuliR
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