Lecture 3: The Evolution and Regionalization of Landscape II

Lecture 3: The Evolution and Regionalization of Landscape II Examples and Uses Evolution and Regionalization of Landscapes • Flooding • Afforestation • Deforestation • The Treatment of Spatial Data o Pay attention to “spatial” o Spatial: where, boundaries, here, there Flooding Interpretation of images reveals the production of landscape and helps flood preparedness. These images can help governments zone the landscape and can help insurance companies determine how much they will have to pay out. Landforms- Africa Satellite Imagery: • Landforms in Sahara • Line revealing splicing of imagery, path of satellite • Political Physical and human geography influence each other Geosynchronous Orbit: for a fixed location on Earth the satellite returns to exactly the same time each day Radar sees land forms. • Water courses • Possibility of drought