What is Cartography
Science of Mapmaking
formal
shared government and climate
four population clusters
east asia, south asia, europe, north america
nomad, seasonal, travel, commute
cyclic movement
Amish, indigenous, Mennonite
folk culture
How are they transferred
Projection
less interaction considering distance
distance decay
pop/sq miles
arithmetic pop density
migrant labor, military, transhumance
periodic movement
taylor swift, nyc, mall of america
pop culture
Used for marine navigation
mercator
defined by connection to a node
functional
number people per unit of arable land
physiologic pop density
closer to job, more activities
pull factors
adopt culture, learn new technique
assimilation
equal area map
gall peters
boundaries determined by people's belifs
perceptual
farmers/arable land
agricultural density
farm to village to town to city
step migration
follows migration to embrace Chinese and Indian cuisines in the U.S.
aculturation
size relationship, what map shows and actual distance on the ground
scale
earth modified by human habitation
cultural landscape
tax incentives, make people have more kids
expansive pop policies
interaction with population size and distance between them
gravity model
hierarchical, relocation, contagious
cultural diffusion