Avenham Place Study Flashcards
Location of Preston
30km Away from Lancaster
North West of England
Near Blackburn
Location of Avenham
North of the river Ribble
City centre of Preston
Past Locale of avenham
Industrial Revolution
Agriculture
Present locale of avenham
Retail
Education
Changing religion
Why are maps more reliable now
Because of satellites
What changes have maps shown us in avenham
The complex road systems
Change in land use
Avenham park in the past was used for agriculture and is now used for leisure
What do maps teach us?
Location and locale
What do boundaries on a map allow us to do
Allow us to visualise where they are
What do boundaries on a map allow us to do
Allow us to visualise where they are
Limitations of a map
Can’t gather a sense of place
Doesn’t tell us the population size
Can’t see any vandalism
Reliable and unreliable internet source
Visit Lancashire - Reliable
Wikipedia- Unreliable as people can edit the information
What type of data is the internet
Qualitative and subjective
Useful features of the internet
Show the author’s opinions on the place
Limitations of the internet
Unreliable - may need to use more sources
What type of data is the census
Objective and quantitative
