Overview
Updated @October 4, 2024 10:32 AM
5 Themes of Geography:
Location - The relative location and the absolute location (made of the latitude
and
longitude).
Place - The distinctive physical and human characteristics of an area.
Human - How humans interact with their environment.
Movement - The mobility of individuals, goods and ideas-the patterns and
alter human
spatial interactions, accessibility & connectivity of places.
Regions - A region that displays a specific criteria with one or more distinctive
characteristics.
Physical Geography
Topography
Climate (Koppen)
Flora and Fauna
Soil
Human Geography
Culture
Population
Economic
Political
Urban Agriculture
4 forms of Distortion:
Overview 1
, Shape of the area
Direction between the points
Distance between points may increase or decrease
Relative size of the place
Thematic Maps:
Isoline Maps - Use lines of equal value to represent data like elevation,
barometric
pressure or temperature
Choropleth Maps - A thematic map which shows data by shading patterns or
colors.
Graduated Symbol Map - A thematic map where the size of the symbol is
proportionate to the intensity of the data or variable being mapped.
Dot Map - A thematic map where the amount of dots represents the frequency
of that
data or variable.
Cartogram - A thematic map that uses the size of a political unit to display the
value
of a piece of data.
LACEMOPS:
L ~ Latitude - The farther from the equator the colder it gets, direct rays are
always
between tropics.
A ~ Air Masses - (northern hemisphere) Cold air comes from polar regions in
the north,
hot air comes from the tropics within the south, opposite in hemisphere.
C ~ Continentality - Water moderates climate because it takes longer to heat
and funky,
inland will have more extreme weather.
E ~ Elevation - Higher in elevation the colder it's, formula for vertical climate:
temp
Overview 2
Updated @October 4, 2024 10:32 AM
5 Themes of Geography:
Location - The relative location and the absolute location (made of the latitude
and
longitude).
Place - The distinctive physical and human characteristics of an area.
Human - How humans interact with their environment.
Movement - The mobility of individuals, goods and ideas-the patterns and
alter human
spatial interactions, accessibility & connectivity of places.
Regions - A region that displays a specific criteria with one or more distinctive
characteristics.
Physical Geography
Topography
Climate (Koppen)
Flora and Fauna
Soil
Human Geography
Culture
Population
Economic
Political
Urban Agriculture
4 forms of Distortion:
Overview 1
, Shape of the area
Direction between the points
Distance between points may increase or decrease
Relative size of the place
Thematic Maps:
Isoline Maps - Use lines of equal value to represent data like elevation,
barometric
pressure or temperature
Choropleth Maps - A thematic map which shows data by shading patterns or
colors.
Graduated Symbol Map - A thematic map where the size of the symbol is
proportionate to the intensity of the data or variable being mapped.
Dot Map - A thematic map where the amount of dots represents the frequency
of that
data or variable.
Cartogram - A thematic map that uses the size of a political unit to display the
value
of a piece of data.
LACEMOPS:
L ~ Latitude - The farther from the equator the colder it gets, direct rays are
always
between tropics.
A ~ Air Masses - (northern hemisphere) Cold air comes from polar regions in
the north,
hot air comes from the tropics within the south, opposite in hemisphere.
C ~ Continentality - Water moderates climate because it takes longer to heat
and funky,
inland will have more extreme weather.
E ~ Elevation - Higher in elevation the colder it's, formula for vertical climate:
temp
Overview 2
