1.1 Flashcards
The precise spot where something is according to a system
Absolute location
The distance north or south of the equator
Lattitude
The imaginary line that circles the globe exactly halfway between the north and south pole
Equator
The distance east or west of the prime meridian
Longitude
An imaginary line that runs from pole to pole through Greenwich
Prime meridian
A line oposite the prime meridian that follows international boundaries
International date line
A description of where something is in relation to other things
Relative location
How well two locations are tied together by roads or other links
Connectivity
How quickly and easily people can interact with people in another location
Acessibility
The general arrangement of things in the distribution of phenomena across space
Patterns
Distance measured usually in terms like feet,miles, or km
Absolute location
Something that indicates the degree of nearness based on factors like time or money
Relative distance
The distance of features above sea level, usually measured in feet or meters
Elevation
Maps that show and label natural features such as mountains,rivers, and deserts
Physical maps
A map that shows and labels highways,streets, and alleys
Road maps
A map that shows and labels property lines and details of land ownership
Plat maps
Maps that show spatial aspects of information or of a phenomena
Thematic maps
A map that uses various colors/shades to show the location and distribution of spatial data
Chloropleth maps
Maps that use lines to connect points of equal values,also called isometric maps
Isoline maps
A map that shows symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something
Graduated symbol map
Maps used to show something across a map, where dots represent different things
Dot distribution maps
A map where the sizes of countries are shown according to a specific statistic
Cartogram
The ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of things on a map
Scale
the way a map communicates the ration of its size to what it represents
Cartographic scale
