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geography 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cartographers | are geographers who create maps |
| surveyors | are people who map and measure land |
| remote sensing | means obtaining information about a site by using an instrument that is not physically in contact with the site |
| Landsat | is actually a series of information gathering satellites that orbit more than a hundred miles above earth |
| global positioning system (GPS) | employs a network of earth orbiting satellites to collect information about the location of the receiver |
| geographic information system (GIS) | is a computer based mapping technology |
| location analyst | a person who study's the area to find the best location for a client |
| urban planner | a person who creates plans for improving parts of the city |
| geomorphology | that is,the study of how the shape of the earth changes |
| climatologist | are geographers who study climates |