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Census

Counts how many people live in each home, sex, age and race to count for every person

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Friction of distance

The idea that distance acts as a barrier to interraction

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Geographic System

Includes natural, human and environmental factors

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Meridian of Longitude

Measures east to west, North pole to the South pole

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Parallel of Latitude

Measures north to south, parallel to the equator

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Reference Maps

Provide information on the location of features, such as cities or roads

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Scale of analysis

The level of detail geography is studied, from local to global

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Site

Physical and cultural characteristics of a place

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Situation

The location of a place relative to its surroundings

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Thematic Maps

Displays spatial patterns of places and uses quantitative data for topics

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<p>Topographic Maps</p>

Topographic Maps

A reference map that uses contour lines to display the terrain and elevation changes in an area

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<p>Choropleth map</p>

Choropleth map

Displays data by using different colors to show a different quantity of data

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<p>Dot Density</p>

Dot Density

Shows data by placing points on a map where the data is occurring, shows spatial distribution

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<p>Graduated Symbol</p>

Graduated Symbol

Uses symbols to show the location and amount of data on a map

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<p>Isoline</p>

Isoline

Uses lines to connect different areas that have similar or equal amounts of dataC

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<p>Cartogram</p>

Cartogram

Shows data by the greatest value represented as the largest area

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<p>Flow line</p>

Flow line

Displays the movement of different goods, people, and other things between places

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Remote Sensing

A process of collecting information about the Earth’s surface from satellites

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GIS

A computer system that can collect, analyze and display geographic data

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GPS

Satellites that determine the location of something on Earth’s surface

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Absolute location

The exact spot using long and lat

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Relative location

Where something is in relation to another object or place

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Sense of Place

A strong feeling or perception a person has of a specific location

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Time-space compression

The reduction of time it takes for something or someone to get from one place to another

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Distance decay

The effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions

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Environmental Determinism

The belief that the physical environment dictates a society’s success

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Possibilism

The belief that the environment factors a bit into society but human’s can also change that

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Land use concept

How land has been changed to be utilized for a specific purpose

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Sub-national scale

City, county, region or census tract

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Formal/Uniform Region

Has physical or cultural characteristics

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Functional/Nodal Region

An area organized around a center point, like transportation

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Vernacular/Perceptual Region

Region exists because people believe it does, like the South

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Tobler’s first law of geography

Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things

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<p>Mercator projection</p>

Mercator projection

shows true direction, distorts the shape and size of land masses

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<p>Goode Homolosine projection</p>

Goode Homolosine projection

Maintains accurate land mass size, minimizes distortion

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<p>Robinson projection</p>

Robinson projection

Distortion near the poles and evenly throughout but preserves the size of land masses

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<p>Gall-Peters projection</p>

Gall-Peters projection

shows the true size of the earths land masses, distorts direction and shape

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