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AP HUG UNIT1

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TermDefinition
reference map show absolute location of places by latitude and longitude
thematic map shows specific topic (desnity or political features)
2 main types of maps reference and thematic
spatial pattern absolute and relative distance and direction, clustering, dispersal, and elevation
absolute distance distance in proper units, miles
absolute location the exact coordinates of a place
relative distance disatance of a location using x miles ahead
relative location where something is based on the buildings around it
clustering growing or situated in a group
dispersal movement of people away from origin/high density
elevation height above sea level
what do flat maps do to the earth distort it
are maps truthful? no, they distort the globe and have selected things they make accurate
shape distortion map shows wrong shape of continents
area distortion innacurate to the actual area, thick vs thin
distance distortion distance between points can be longer or shorter
direction distortion direction of places is thrown off
who gathers data organizations or individuals
ways data is gathered by GIS satelites GPS remote sensing online mapping
geospatial technologies tech that provides info for personal navigation, buisness marketing, and government enviiornmental planning
geographic information system GIS computer that organizes analyzes and shows geographic data
satelite navigation systems plot peoples position on a map, uses GPS
remote sensing collecting data from far away
online mapping and visualization publication of websites that show maps
where can spatial information come from field observations, media reports, travel narratives, interviews, landscape analysis, photographic interpritation
field observations physically visiting a place for data
travel narratives journal of ones foreign travels
policy doccuments specifies the rules of a policy
personal interview face to face interview
landscape analysis field observation, spatial data, and aerial photography to gather data
photographic interpretation looking closely at photos to make sense of it
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