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MDC
more developed country
LDC
less developed country
Latitude
horizontal
Longitude
vertical
International Date Line
defines days
Hemispheres
divided into halves
Time zones
+1
Absolute location
longitude and latitude
Relative location
in relation to other places
Absolute distance
miles/kilometers
Relative distance
measures relationship between two places
Absolute direction
cardinal directions
Relative direction
left/right/above/below
Site
physical location and location of a place
Situation
where a place is in relation to its surroundings
Toponym
name of a place
why are all maps inaccurate?
the earth is round
Mercator
good for direction (greenland is gufe)
Gall peters
stretched
Goode homolosine
not filled all the way
Polar
top view
Robinson
looks normal
Reference maps
designed for general info
Contiguous cartogram
sizes are distorted but countries still attached
Noncontiguous cartogram
countries not touching
Dorling cartogram
each country is replaced with a shape and size represents data
Categorical
depict areas different in kind
Choropleth
depict areas that are different in amount
Dot distribution
uses points to show distribution
Graduated symbol
symbols of different sizes used to show distribution
Isoline
connects points of equality with chosen theme (ex - elevation)
Topographic
record of a land area (type of isoline)
Geographic information systems (GIS)
records information with computers
Global position system (GPS)
system of satelites tracking and listening for signals; ex of GIS
Remote sensing
LIDAR (light detection)
Satellite imagery
images taken from satellites
Quantitative data
numbers based
Qualitative data
qualities based
Landscape interpretation
explaination of how different forces shape environments
Space
the natural environment without humans
Place
the way humans modify space
Flow
how we move
Density
the amount of things somewhere
Distribution
how things are arranged
Patterns of distribution
random/clustered/dispersed/linear/circular/peripheral/geometric/grid
Time-space compression
tech connects us
Distance decay
the farther away something is/the less connected
Spatial data
data associated with locations
Spatial analysis
examining mapped data
Tobler's First Law of Geography
as things get further apart. they become less related
Friction of distance
movement has a cost
Reily's law of retail gravitation
willing to travel to large retail centers
gravity model
things near you have the most weight
environmental determinism
humans react to only their environment
possibilism
humans adapt to their environment
cartographic scale
ex - 1 inch = 1 mile
small scale
large area
geographic scale
global/national/regional/local
region
area with unifying characteristic
formal regions
also called uniform; cant argue it
functional regions
also called nodal; spread from a center node
perceptual
also called vernacular; based on prejudice
natural boundaries
based on nature
geometric boundaries
straight lines (parallels)
cultural boundaries
based on cultural differences
economic boundaries
based on economic factors
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