GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Booster Juice, Power (Social And Political), Topological Map
18 Jan 2018
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Writings pp, chapter 1 & skim 26-33, read 33-42. Absolute space: objective, physically real, measurable extent (map making, uses mathematical projections bc helps to preserve location & space between it ) i. e. mcmaster campus (bounded by main st), classroom (has walls: 2. Relative space: subjective, perceptual, varies over time topological map (subway map) network as a series of line, lacks direction i. e. mcmaster campus (spacial and large campus), apartment (a cozy" space) Location: refers to a particular position in space: 1. Absolute (mathematical) location: particular position in space (latitude and longitude), unique point that is unchanging: 2. Relative location: subject to change & interruption: position of something in relation to something else, location of something based on something else (down the street form booster juice: 3. Nominal (toponym) location: a place name, insight or story to whom early inhabitants were, can be contested (embedded in social power relations) story behind a name.
