FULL REVIEW Flashcards
Review every day for 30-45 min (can be intervals of 15 min)
Reference map
An informational map that shows boundaries, names of places, and geographic features of an area.
Topographic map
A map that uses contour lines to display the terrain and elevation changes.
Thematic map
A map that displays spatial patterns of places and uses quantitative data to display specific topics
Absolute direction
Exact direction your travelling.
Relative direction
The direction depends on the sorrounding area.
Absolute distance
Exact distance between two places.
-Usually measured in miles or kilometers.
Relative distance
An approximate measurement between two places.
-Usually measured in time or direction.
Relative location
A description of a location using surrounding geographic fatures.
Absolute location
The exact spot where something is located.
Quantitative data
Information that can be counted and presented in number form.
Qualitative data
Information that is presented in a word form and is often up for interpretation and debate.
Chloroleth Map
Display data by using different color. Uses generalizaion to display data.
Scale of map impacts data of what you can see.
Small scale map
A map that shows a large portion of the Earth’s surface but has less details in the data it is displaying.
Large scale maps
A map that shows less of the Earth’s surface but has more details in the data it is displaying.
Dot density map
Data with points at the place the data is occuring.
Clustered
Objects in an area are close together with little to no space between them.
Dispersed
Objects in an area are spread out with little space between them.
Isoline maps
The map uses lines to connect different areas that have similar or equal amounts of information.
EX. Weather map
Graduated Symbol map
The map uses shapes, items, or symbols to show the location and amount of data.
Remote sensing
Process of collecting information about the Earth’s surface from satellites orbiting the Earth.
GIS
A computer system that can collect, analyze, and display geographic data.
Flowline Map
Maps show the movement of goods, people, animals, services, or ideas between different places.
Cartogram map
Maps that are represented in a dynamic way. Greatest value represented as the largest area.
Place
A specific point on the Earth’s surface that has one or more unique characteristics.
Census data
Process of collecting data about the population and housing of a country or region.
GPS
A network of satellites that are used to detirmine the location of something on the Earth’s surface.
Field observations
Data being gathered in the real world
Distance decay
The effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. The larger the distance the less interation.
Waldo Tobler Theory
People that are closer are more likely to interact than farther away.
Time-space Compression
The reduction of time it takes for something or someone to get from one place to another.
Flow
The movement of people, ideas, goods, or services from one place to another.
Spatial association
The relationships between different object in an area. Looks at how objects are arranged, connected, and possibly isolated in a place.
Supply chain
A network of people, organizations, resources, and activities that work together to create and sell different products.
Space
The physical gap between different objects in an area.
