Unit 1

Cards (22)

  • Reference Map
    Displays location (Navigation)
  • Thematic Map

    Displays data of areas (weather)
  • Dot distribution
    Uses same sized dots to represent multiple instances of the same phenomenon
  • Cartogram
    Shows density by distorting regions
  • Place
    • Areas have unique characteristics
  • Isoline
    Shows lines that join areas of equal value
  • Chloropleth
    Regions shaded in proportion to unit
  • Graduated symbol

    Size of symbol in proportion to the value of variables
  • GIS
    A system that tracks data based on a location of the map, uses LAYERS, useful for combining lots of types of data, comparing geographic trends
  • Remote sensing
    Measures things from a distance (e.g. satellites, rays to measure ocean floor)
  • Absolute Location
    Specific coordinates
  • Relative Location
    Location in relation to another thing or place
  • Placelessness
    The loss of unique or defining features of a place as places become more similar
  • Sense of place
    Human perception of characteristics of places, differs by person
  • Time-space compression
    The reduction in time it takes to travel longer distances because of innovations
  • Friction of distance
    Harder to get to distant places
  • Distance decay
    The further apart 2 things are the less interaction
  • Tobler's law: "near things are more related than distant things"
  • Scales
    • Local (city, neighborhood)
    • Subnational (part of country, provinces)
    • National (entire country, e.g. U.S.A.)
    • Regional (multiple countries, e.g. Latin America)
    • Global (whole earth)
  • Possibilism
    Environment sets limitations, one's culture is not determined by environment
  • Environmental determinism
    One's culture is determined by their environment
  • Types of regions
    • Formal (based on specific trait, e.g. wildcat region)
    • Functional (based on pattern of activity, interaction with a node, e.g. VUSD bus routes)
    • Perceptual (vernacular, based on perceptions, e.g. wildcat county)