A method for collecting geographical data.

• A method of collecting geographical data is “fieldwork”. This is where a geographer will visit the site of a geographical location and observe, take notes, and analyze the landscape. This methods allows geographers to note as much detail as they’d like but limits their data to what is visible.

Distance-Decay

• When things are far apart, they tend to be less connected.

Time-Space Compression

• The shrinking distances between places due to modern and efficent methods of transporation and communication.

Relative-Distance in real world terms

• Chipotle is a 5 minute walk down the block from the school.

Latitude lines are based off the prime meridian (true)

Chloropleth Map (shown below)

Gal-Peters Projection (shown below)

Map Projections

• Not all map protections are used for the same purpose, depending on the distortion of the projection it decides the purpose.