SMELLY HUGAP

Absolue Location

The exact location on a map, like an address or coordinates

Relative location

An average location, like general location

Elevation

The height of the ground above or below sea level

Thematic maps

Maps that communicate information

Reference maps

Maps that convey political, physical, or road-related information

Clustering

Closer together

Dispersal

Further apart

Map projection

Maps that distort spatial relationships in shape, area, distance and direction

Globalization

The way trade and technology made the world the way it is today

Human geography

The geography branch that deals with human activity and the effect it has on the earth

Physical geography

The geography branch that deals with natural features and processes

GIS

A computer software that stores, analyzes, and displays info from multiple digital maps or data sets

GPS

Satellites that orbit the earth and communicate locational information to receivers

Remote sensing

The use of cameras or other sensors mounted onto aircraft’s or satellites which orbit the earth above the atmosphere

Field observations

The act of physically visiting a location and recording information there

Census data

Information mandated by the US constitution

Satellite navigation systems

A system of navigation that uses signals from satellite and mapping data to pinpoint locations and map courses based on the users request

Travel narratives

An account if a journey that gives info about ethnographic, bio geographic, and/or physical characteristics of a location

Policy documents

A plan designed to achieve a long term goal

Media reports

Articles published by newspapers or magazines

Personal interviews

A direct, face to face conversation between an interviewer and the respondent

Landscape analysis

A process of studying and describing a landscape generally with the goal of assessing the impact of humans on that space

Photographic analysis

Act of examining photographic images for the purpose of identifying objects and judging for their significance

Satellite imagery

Images of the earth taken from artificial satellite orbiting the the planet

Space

The physical gap between two objects

Place

Particular position, part, or area in space/location

Flows

Tu flow of people, goods, money, ideas, or materials between locations

Distance decay

The name of the theory that states as the distance between two places increases, the interaction between those two places decreases

Time space compression

The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation system.

Pattern

Th way objects are arranged and the way they interact in earths surface (houses on a street)

Sustainability

Using earths resources in a way they can be replenished for the future

Natural resources

Something valuable that’s found in the natural environment

Land use

The human use of land

Environmental determinism

The belief that the environment affects the personality and actions of the people living in the area

Possiblism

Sees the limitations from the environment, but focuses on the way it can be changed and utilized by the people