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absolute location

The exact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system.

Built Landscape

an area of land represented by its features and patterns of human occupation and use of natural resources

Cartogram

A special kind of map that distorts the shapes and sizes of countries or other political regions to present economic or other kinds of data for comparison.

Census

the official count of a population

Choropleth Map

A thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area.

Connectivity

The degree of economic, social, cultural, or political connection between two places

population density

Number of individuals per unit area

Distance Decay

The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

distortion

a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map

Dot Map

a thematic map in which a dot represents some frequency of the mapped variable

environmental determinism

the view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development

Equator

An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

formal region

An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics

friction of distance

the increase in time and cost that usually comes with increasing distance

Functional Region (Nodal Region)

area organized around a node or focal point

Geographic Information System (GIS)

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

Geography

Study of the earth

Geospatial

pertaining to the location of items that can be located on Earth's surface

geospatial technology

a number of different high-tech systems that acquire, analyze, manage, store, or visualize various types of location-based data

Global Positioning System (GPS)

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

Globalization

The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact.

International Date Line

the line of longitude that marks where each new day begins, centered on the 180th meridian

Isoline Map

Map displaying lines that connect points of equal value; for example, a map showing elevation levels

Latitude

The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.

Longitude

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

map

A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.

Mercator Projection

a projection of a map of the world onto a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, used especially for marine charts and certain climatological maps.

Meridian

An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.

network

A chain of communication that connects places

vernacular region

a region perceived and defined by its inhabitants, usually with a popularly given or accepted nickname; popular region

place

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character.

Topoynm

The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.

Possibilism

The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.

Prime Meridian

The meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.

Projection

The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.

Proportional Symbol Map

Type of map that uses a symbol in varying sizes to show the magnitude of a characteristic

region

an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features

relative location

The position of a place in relation to another place

remote sensing

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.

scale of analysis

The way in which areas of the world are grouped together for study

sequent occupance

the notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape

site

the physical characteristics of a place including, soil, vegetation, climate, topography, etc

situtation

the location of a place relative to other places

spatial

pertaining to space on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as a synonym for geographic.

spatial interaction

the movement of peoples, ideas, and commodities between different places

thematic map

A type of map that displays one or more variables-such as population, or income level-within a specific area.

Time-speed compression

an influence on the rate of expansion diffusion of an idea, observing that the spread or acceptance of an idea is usually delayed as distance from the source of the innovation increases.

space

The physical gap or interval between two objects

Geotagging

the process of adding geographical information to various media in the form of metadata. The data usually consists of coordinates like latitude and longitude, but may even include bearing, altitude, distance and place names.

map scale

the relationship between a distance on the map and the actual distance on the ground

Transnational Corporation

A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located.

scale of analysis

how zoomed in or out you are when looking at geographic data