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Map Terms Flashcards

1
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Cartography

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the study and practice of making maps

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Scale

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ratio of the distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the ground

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Projection

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systematic transformation from the lattitudes and longitudes on a sphere or ellipsoid to locations on a plane

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Mercator Projection

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cylindrical map projection; represents lines of constant course as straight lines; preserves angles and shapes of small objects; big objects are distorted

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Robinson Projection

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map projection that shows the entire world at once; neither equal area or conformal

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GIS

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Geographic Information System: system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographic information

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Remote Sensing

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accquisition of information about something without making physical contact with the object

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GPS

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Global Positioning System; space-based, satellite navigation system; works whenever there is line of site with four satellites

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Toponym

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study of place names including their origins and use

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Site

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a point or area on the Earth’s surface

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Situation

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location of a place relative to other places on Earth

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Longitude

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a number system used to determine the location of each meridian

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Prime Meridian

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meridian that passes through Greenwich, England. also known as the 0 degree meridian

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Latitude

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numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel on Earth

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Equator

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parallel that is located at 0 degrees

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Time Zones

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the zone represents every 15 degrees east or west from GMT

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International Date Line

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imaginary line from north to south pole that demarcates one calendar day from the other; roughly follows 180 degree longitude line

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Distribution

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the arrangement of a feature in space

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Density

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the frequency with which something occurs in space

20
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Space-Time Compression

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used to describe the reduction in the time it takes from something to move

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Hearth

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the place which an innovation originates; connected to node

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Reversed

the study and practice of making maps

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Cartography

23
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Reversed

ratio of the distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the ground

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Reversed

systematic transformation from the lattitudes and longitudes on a sphere or ellipsoid to locations on a plane

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Projection

25
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Reversed

cylindrical map projection; represents lines of constant course as straight lines; preserves angles and shapes of small objects; big objects are distorted

A

Mercator Projection

26
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Reversed

map projection that shows the entire world at once; neither equal area or conformal

A

Robinson Projection

27
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Reversed

Geographic Information System: system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographic information

28
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Reversed

accquisition of information about something without making physical contact with the object

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Remote Sensing

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Reversed

Global Positioning System; space-based, satellite navigation system; works whenever there is line of site with four satellites

30
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Reversed

study of place names including their origins and use

31
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Reversed

a point or area on the Earth’s surface

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Reversed

location of a place relative to other places on Earth

33
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Reversed

a number system used to determine the location of each meridian

34
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Reversed

meridian that passes through Greenwich, England. also known as the 0 degree meridian

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Prime Meridian

35
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Reversed

numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel on Earth

36
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Reversed

parallel that is located at 0 degrees

37
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Reversed

the zone represents every 15 degrees east or west from GMT

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Time Zones

38
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Reversed

imaginary line from north to south pole that demarcates one calendar day from the other; roughly follows 180 degree longitude line

A

International Date Line

39
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Reversed

the arrangement of a feature in space

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Distribution

40
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Reversed

the frequency with which something occurs in space

41
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Reversed

used to describe the reduction in the time it takes from something to move

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Space-Time Compression

42
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Reversed

the place which an innovation originates; connected to node

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