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Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
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Types of maps
Reference maps and thematic maps.
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Spatial patterns
Absolute and relative distance and direction, clustering, dispersal, and elevation.
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Map projections
Inevitably distort spatial relationships in shape, area, distance, and direction.
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Geospatial technologies
Include geographic information systems (GIS), satellite navigation systems, remote sensing, and online mapping and visualization.
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Sources of spatial information
Field observations, media reports, travel narratives, policy documents, personal interviews, landscape analysis, and photographic interpretation.
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Use of geospatial data
Used for personal, business, organizational, and governmental decision making.
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Spatial concepts
Absolute and relative location, space, place, flows, distance decay, time-space compression, and pattern.
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Concepts of nature and society
Sustainability, natural resources, and land use.
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Evolution of theories regarding human-environment interaction
From environmental determinism to possibilism.
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Scales of analysis
Global, regional, national, and local.
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Regional definitions
On the basis of one or more unifying characteristics or patterns of activity.
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Types of regions
Formal, functional, and perceptual/vernacular.
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Nature of regional boundaries
Transitional and often contested and overlapping.
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Application of regional analysis
At local, national, and global scales.
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