GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cartogram, Contour Line, Choropleth Map
28 Dec 2017
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Map: two dimensional graphical; representation of the world. Device used to communicate information and analyze spatial problems. Diffusion of contagious disease (ex: zika virus) Maps reflect power of the people drawn to them (design, things included/excluded on map, message map is delivering) We have to view maps with a critical eye (you have to know whats right and wrong) Social and cultural history of maps and mapping: Ex: pictographs, cave drawings, ex: where is the best place to hunt, where is my home base (early pictographs) Ex: navigational maps: key to human survival, pacific islanders (marshall islands) Maps are used as statements of power and authority. Key considerations for maps: 1. scale 2. perspective 3. projection 4. type - some people. Indicates the spatial relationship between real-world distances, locations and areas and their representation on the map. Scale is typically expressed as a ratio (ex: 1: 50, 000) or a representative fraction (ex:
