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Aphg final unit 1

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What are the levels of analysis? Level 1- What, Where, When, Scale Level 2- Pattern Identification Level 3-Explanations: Why? How? Level 4- So what?
What are the scales of analysis? Global scale Regional scale local scale
What is a reference map? A reference map is like the maps you see normally. Maps of the world or political borders or of natural features all fall under being a reference map.
What are the 4 types of reference maps? Political- Which are human created boundaries like states and cities Physical- Which are natural features like mountains and rivers Road- Which are highways and streets Locator- Which are used in books and advertisements.
What is a thematic map? A thematic map is like a map that shows different aspects of a state. Like how many people live in that State or which states fall under a religion as a whole.
What are the 5 types of thematic maps? Choropleth- Uses different colors or different shades of the same color to illustrate patterns of different information and data.
5 types of thematic maps continued Pt 2 Dot Distribution- Uses dots to show the distribution of something across a territory. Each dot represents a specific quantity.
5 types of thematic maps continued Pt 3 Graduated Symbol- Uses symbols to represent different amounts of something. The map key determines the amount. Isoline- Lines drawn on a map connecting data points of the same value. Cartograms- The size of a State is shown by a specific statistics
What is GIS? A GIS (geographic information system) is a system that stores and displays geographic data. It is like when you look at a map online. You can see cities, roads, natural features all together. This is called a mash up.
What is GPS?? GPS (Global Positioning System) accurately determines the precise location of something
What is remote sensing? Remote sensing is like studying an object or location without making physical contact with it.
What is landscape analysis? Landscape analysis is defining and describing the land.
What are the different scales of analysis from big-small? Global scale- the whole world, Regional scale- a regional area, ex: map of Latin America or Western Europe National scale- nations, ex: map of USA or Germany
What are the different scales of analysis from big-small Pt 2? Sub-national scale- below national level like states/provinces, ex: a map showing all states of the USA Local scale- a town, county, etc. ex: map of Centennial, CO or a map of a local neighborhood.
Density The number of things-people, animals, or objects-in a specific area.
Distribution The way a phenomenon is spread out over an area.
Clustering Little space in between
Dispersed Spread out
Absolute location The exact location of an object, usually expressed in coordinates of longitude and latitude.
Relative location A description of where a place is in relation to other places or features.
Distance Is the measurement of how far or how near things are to one another. Indicates the degree of nearness
Proximity The modern tools used to analyze data about specific locations across the globe.
Geospatial Technology A network of satellites that orbit Earth and transmit location data to receivers, enabling users to pinpoint their exact location.
Census An official count of the number of people in a defined area, such as a state.
Latitude Distance north or south of the equator (0° lat)
Longitude Distance east or west of the prime meridian (0° long)
Equator The line around the planet
Prime Meridian The of latitude around the Earth
International Date Line 180° long
Projection .How something is projected.
Mercator Projection The continents’ shapes are maintained and direction is displayed accurately, but the sizes of the continents are very distorted.
Robinson Projection The shapes of the continents become more distorted farther away from the equator or the map’s central meridian
Peters Projection The relative size of the continents is more easily displayed than with other projections, but the shape of the continents is distorted
Conic Projection A flattened disk-shaped portion of Earth is shown from a specific point.
Formal Region An area that has one or more shared traits; also called a uniform region.
Functional Region An area organized by its function around a focal point, or the center of an interest or activity.
Site A place’s absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics, such as the landforms, climate, and resources.
Situation Location of a place in relation to a particular industry.
Place A location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics.
Sense of Place The subjective feelings and memories people associate with a geographic location.
Placelessness Has no strong emotional ties to people.
Cultural Ecology The study of how humans adapt to the environment
Environmental Determinism The idea that human behavior is strongly affected, controlled, or determined by the physical environment.
Possibilism Theory of human-environment interaction that states that humans have the ability to adapt the physical environment to their needs.
Spatial Interaction Refers to the contact, movement, and flow of things between locations.
Time-Space Compression The shrinking “time distance” between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communications.
Distance Decay A principle stating that the farther away one thing is from another the less interaction the two things will have.
Friction of Distance Refers to the contact, movement, and flow of things between locations.
Human environment interaction The relationship between humans and the natural world
Built environment Refers to the physical artifacts that humans have created and that form part of the landscape
Cultural landscape A natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values.
Toponym Place names
Field Observation Research on a person or people in their environment.
Qualitative Data Interpretations of data sources.
Quantitative Data Information measured by numbers.
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