section 2 - how do we understand a place?

Question 1

formal representation of a place

Answer 1

• demographics of a place/ census - numerical data
• name of a place
• soil types, physical environment
• postcodes, mapping
• statistics - crime rates or rainfall totals

Question 2

informal representation of a place

Answer 2

• TV programmes, films art, photography
• blogs, reviews
• social media
• graffiti and music
• Poems / literature

Question 3

representation of a rural place

Answer 3

• history and tradition
• religion
• Agricultural / farming
• local communities

Question 4

contrast between formal and informal representations

Answer 4

• formal - data that includes locational positioning, statistics which describing place. ex - crime figs, rainfall patterns
• informal - date represented through media: tv, films, photography etc
• formal data gives you data that reliable and informative, informal data is personal and manipulated

Question 5

the way television and films represent places

Answer 5

• offers sounds, sight and geographical context
• snapshot of perception
• tv soaps represented through local people, strong fictional representation of places. ex - Eastenders
• Lord of the Rings - used New Zealand as actual landscape but content fiction

Question 6

how does a census represent a place

Answer 6

• taken every 10 years
• basic source of household data
• up-to-date census are essential for government planning and allocation of resources

Question 7

Geospatial data

Answer 7

Geospatial data is information that describes objects, events or other features with a location on or near the surface of the earth.