Terms
What's the definition of spatial significance
What is he importance of a particular location; involves knowing where a place is, its natural and human features, and how the location impacts people and the planet?
What is geographic perspective?
What is a way of looking at the world that includes environmental, political, social and economic implications.
What are geotechnologies?
What is a tool used to gather, analyze, interpret, distribute, and use geographic information
What are telematics?
What is a method of monitoring a vehicle by using GPS and onboard diagnostics to record movements on a computerized map
What does TODALS stand for?
What is Title, Orientation, Date, Author, Legend and Scale
In geography, what are patterns?
What is the arrangement of objects over space/area?
What is absolute location?
What is a precise location (uses latitude/longitude)
What is georeferencing?
What is taking a scanned map or aerial photo and applying geographic coordinates to it
What is geographic data?
What is any information that tells you where an object or place is located
How are patterns different from trends?
What is patterns are observed over space/area and trends are observed over time
In geography, what are trends?
What is observations made over time ?
What is relative location?
What is where something is in relation to something else (describes the location)
What is GPS?
What is a network of satellites and receiving devices used to determine the location of something on Earth
What is attribute data?
What is is a characteristic of an object or location
What are the six types of PATTERS we looked at in class?
What is Dispersed, Concentrated, Clustered, Linear, Outlier, and Absent
In geography, what is space?
What is a general location or area
What is an issue (Issues in Canadian Geography)?
What is an important topic or problem for debate or discussion
What is GIS?
What is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface
What is geography?
What is the science that tries to understand how the Earth works and how humans change it
What are the 5 types of TRENDS we looked at in class?
What are Increasing, Decreasing, Unchanging/static, Fluctuating, and Unpredictable
In geography, what are interrelationships?
What is a relationship that exists between different features or groups of features evident from patterns or trends.
What is a stakeholder?
What is someone with a vested interest (has something to gain or lose from a decision or activity)?
What is remote sensing?
What is the process of acquiring details about an object without physical on-site observation using satellite or aircraft
What are the four geographic thinking concepts?
What is Spatial Significancem, Patterns and Trends, Interrelationships, and Geographic Perspectives
What is primary data?
What is any information you personally collect