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Remote-Sensing Process of collecting data about Earth's surface from a distance using sensors on satellites or aircraft without making physical contact.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) A system of computer hardware and software designed to show, analyze, and represent geographic data that have locations.
Global positioning systems (GPS) Satellite based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features
Geocaching Uses GPS devices to locate hidden devices using specific latitude and longitude coordinates
Possibilism Theory in geography that humans, not environment, shape and culture
Relocation Diffusion Spread of an idea or innovation from its hearth by the act of people moving and taking the innovation or idea with them
Scale Geographical scope (Local, national, or global) in which we analyze and understand a phenomenon
Sequent Occupance Imprints left on the cultural landscape by a series of successive societies. Each society contributed to the cumulative cultural landscape
Site The exact physical characteristics and literal ground of a specific place
Situation A places relative location based on its connections, accessibility, and position within regional or global networks
Spatial Patterns Distribution of human activities that are built and spread out
stimulus diffusion The spread of an idea but gains and changes depending on location
Time-distance Decaty More time travel to get somewhere-harder/less interaction
Time-space compression New technologies help travel faster
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