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The Geographers Tool
Ch 1.4
Term | Definition |
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hemispere | what each half of the Earth is called |
key | it identifies what kind of information the map presentes |
scale bar | tells how a measured space on the map |
map projections | disorts some aspects of the Earth in order to represent other aspectes of the Earth as accurately as possible |
scale | is the relationship between distances on the map and on Earth |
elevation | how much above or below sea level a feature is |
relief | the differance between the elevation of one feature and the ele vation of another feature near it |
thematic maps | show more specialized information |
technology | is any way that scientific discoveries are applied to partical use |
remote sensing | simply means getting information from far away |