Places, Space and Scale Flashcards
Places (4 answers)
- Any size or configuration
- Dynamic
- Have Meanings
- Are connected
Absolute Location
Latitude and Longitude
In degrees, minutes, seconds with meridians and parallels
Relative Location
Relative to physical attributes, or relatives to other attributes/objects/places
Ex : On a hill, between Georgie and Russia …
What is the “First Law” of Geography
“Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things”
Absolute Distance
Physical measure of the separation between location
Relative Distance
“What is takes” to travel from A to B (Time, Cost, Effort) “Friction of distance”
Ex : Visiting Grandma
Absolute Space
Three-dimensional “container”
Topological Space
Connectivity between points, relationship of objects
Map Scale
Ratio between linear distance on a map and on the Earth’s surface
Operational Scale
“Scale” of analysis, data collection, fluid boundaries
Ordinary landscape
Product of human cultures and natural environements
Natural landscape
Factors and Forms
Geological, Climatic, Vegetational
Weather, Land, Plants
Cultural landscape
Culture
Population, Housing, Plan, Production
Symbolic landscape
“way of seeing”
The landscape exists only in the eye of the beholder
Region
An area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries
