Identify different methods of geographic data collection
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A) Fieldwork/ Feild Observations: The act of ^^an individual physically visiting^^ a location or place and recording the information firsthand.
EX) Written documents, travel narratives, media reports, policy documents, interviews, photographs, landscape analysis.
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Another example of fieldwork- The US Census
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What is the point?
a) Representative Districts - voting and democracy
b) Distribution of public funding for:
c) Personal, government & business decision making
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B) Geospatial Technologies
Businesses, organizations, and individuals utilize geospatial technologies, and government agencies to make decisions.
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GIS
Computer system/ software that stores, analyzes, and displays information from multiple digital maps or data sets
Thematic or physical layers
It could be used for
Analysis of crime data
effects of pollution
Urban Planning
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GPS
Satellites orbit the earth and communicate locational information to GPS receivers.
Absolute location
Navigation → ships, cars, aircraft
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Arial Photography
Professional images capture from planes or drones.
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Remote Sensing
The use of cameras or other sensors mounted on aircraft or satellites which orbit the earth above the atmosphere to collect digital images of the earth’s surface
EX)
monitoring environmental changes
weather
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Explain the geographic effects of decisions made using geographical information
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