Themes of Geography
defined the concept of cultural landscapes as regions that have been affected, influenced, or shaped by human involvement
Who is Carl Sauer?
a way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface by distorting the shape, size, or position
What is Map Projection
When transporting an item takes less and less time using technology. For example, people used to move via horse, then train, then car, then plane.
What is time-space compression?
This projection stretches at the poles and distorts land area the least.
What is Mercator?
systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population and can include race, religion, and gender
What is Census Data
a map projection that attempts to balance several possible projection errors. It does not maintain completely accurate area, shape, distance, or direction, but it minimizes errors in each.
What is Robinson Projection
the social or cultural connectivity of places despite how far they are.
What is relative distance?
the name given to a place, generally named after a historical event, famous person, physical description, function of the place, or something people value there
Who were Toponym ?
a theory that claims that cultural traits are formed and controlled by environmental conditions (Jared Diamond)
What are Environmental Determinism
a map projection that is useful for navigation because it maintains accurate direction but has significant distortion near the poles
What is Mercator Projection
created the first law of geography: "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things"
Who is Waldo Tobler
the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction
What is Distance Decay ?
a type of map that displays one or more variables-such as population, or income level-within a specific area
What is Thematic Map
the use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future
What is Sustainability
The idea that humans can overcome any harsh or physical environment using intuition.
What is possiblism?
various ways humans use the land such as agricultural, industrial, residential, or recreational
What is an Land Use?
This helps engineers and city planners make informed decisions about how people act and move - makes a decision.
What is Geographic Information Systems?