GEOG 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Centrality, Geographic Information System, Navistar International
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Chapter 1 geog 1101 8-15-16 lecture notes. Physical geography: topography, climate (koppen, flora and fauna, soil. Human geography: culture, population, economic, political, urban, agriculture. Eratosthenes: head librarian at alexandria in 3rd century b. c, calculated earth"s circumference, coined the term geography geo- earth, graphein- to write. Their inaccuracies led columbus to believe that he landed in asia. In the 1980s the national geographic society created the 5 themes of geography: location- latitude, longitude, and absolute location. 1 degree of latitude = approximately 67 miles. Problems: smaller than reality, curved earth is distorted when flattened, symbols used are limited. The relation of a feature"s size on the map to actual size. Small scale or small fraction maps show a large area on the earth such as 1/1,000,000. Large scale or large fraction maps show a small area on the surface such as 1/25,000 or. Shape- some projections result in areas being elongated or smashed together.
