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