Map Projections
Types of Maps
Locations and Regions
Vocabulary
Random
100

The change in size, shape, direction, or distance of something once a globe converted to a map

Distortion

100

What type of map?

Dot Map

100

List the 4 varying scales of maps

–Local

–Regional

–National

–Global

100

Surveying damage from Hurricane Ida using a drone

Remote Sensing

100

How often does the census take place?

Every 10 years

200

What type of projection is this? (makes Africa and Greenland look the same size - even though in reality Africa is 14 times larger

Mercator

200

What type of map?

Cartogram 

200

2000 Bulldog Lane Saint Cloud, FL

Absolute Location 

200

the level at which data is displayed on a map (global, regional, national, or local)

Scale of Analysis

200

_____________________ research defines, tells you a quantity, numbers, hard data, statistics

Quantitative 

300

What type of map projection is this?

Robinson

300

What type of map?

Choropleth

300

What is this type of region?


Functional

300

Is a computer based system that stores information linked to geographic locations

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) 

300

__________________________ research describes, characteristics, approximates, descriptions, based off opinion.

 

Qualitative 

400

the process which the 3-D surface of Earth is transferred onto a 2D map

projection

400

What type of map?

Graduated Symbol Map

400

These types of regions are typically used to determine and outline government, cultural and economic areas - ex. The Rocky Mountains

Formal 

400

▪More modern interpretation.
 

▪Acknowledges the limitations imposed by the natural environment, but focuses on the role of human culture and technolgy to modify and respond to the environment to better fit human needs.

▪Example: Hoover Dam

Possibilism 

400

__________________________________ is the belief that the environment, most notably its physical factors such as landforms and climate, determines the patterns of human culture and societal development

Environmental Determinism 

500

What map projection is this? 


Gall Peters

500

______________________ maps communicate information about a place - spatial aspects - what is it like there?

Examples

a.Choropleth

b.Dot-Density

c.Graduated/Proportional Symbol

d.Cartogram

e.Isoline & Topographic

Thematic Map

500

In order to make your way down to the cafeteria in the 9th grade campus you first must head down past the school library.  What kind of geographic theme is being used in the description above?

Relative Location 

500

The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin

Distance Decay

500

If the objects in an area are close together 


Ex. South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia OR cities (New York City, Paris, etc.)

Clustering 

600

What type of projection is this? 


Polar/Conic

600

________________maps  provide general information/navigation/location

Examples: 

a.Political - states/countries/capitals

b.Physical- natural features 

c.Road- highways, streets, etc.

Reference Map

600

This type of region is based on people's beliefs, feelings, and attitudes of a region

Perceptual (Vernacular)

600

Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a location.


Example: Hometown, school, etc. 

Sense of Place

600

_______________________________ is the solution to distance decay because technology (internet,cell phones) is allowing us to communicate more across longer distances. (technology seems to be bringing people closer together even thought their distances are the same)

Time-space Compression