Geography 1400F/G Lecture Notes - Birds Eye View, Distance Decay, Centimorgan
4 Feb 2014
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Inductive reasoning: a form of reasoning that makes generalizations. Geo lecture 2: steps include, observation, patterns observed, explanation. Absolute location that references the immediate area: situation. Relative location with reference to larger spatial relationships: direction, absolute direction. Based on cardinal points: north, south, east and west: relative or relational direction. Competition from the far eastern countries : place, refers not only to a location, but also, and more specifically, to the values we associate with that location, a location with a special identity (ex. Everything that is place is also a space but not everything that is a space is not necessarily a place: a place is different for every individual, distance, tobler"s first law of geography: Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things : distance decay. Level of interaction between places is influenced by distance. In terms of time, in terms of cost.
