Geography Key Concepts: Geotagging, Fieldwork, Regions, and Scale

Geotagging

Adding geographical coordinates to digital media

Fieldwork / Field Observation

To gather data by observing and recording directly on-site

International Date Line

The calendar date changes by one day

Cultural Landscape

Land shaped by human activity

Functional / Nodal Region

A central point and the activities connected to it

Vernacular / Perceptual Region

People's perceptions or beliefs about the area

Globalization

The spread of goods, ideas, and culture across the world

Regionalization

Breaking the world into smaller areas based on shared characteristics

Distribution

The arrangement of features across Earth's surface

Concentration

How objects or people are spread over an area

Flows

The movement of people, goods, money, or information

Scale of Analysis

The level at which geographic data is examined (global, regional, national, local)

Global, Regional, National, Local

Deliveries from California to Nevada

Landscape Analysis

Examining how humans have modified the land