GEOG 1125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ecological Footprint, Birds Eye View, Total Fertility Rate
24 Oct 2016
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Geography: the study and analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution of phenomena on the earth"s surface and the underlying processes that cause the observed patterns. Landscapes as environmental discourse: cultural landscapes: humans mediate the environment through the creation of landscapes; gardens, parks. Territoriality: how people use space to communicate ownership; mediates access. Maps: locational tools: latitude and longitude: measure absolute location. Latitude: lines run east to west; counted north and south of the equator. Longitude: lines run north to south, counted east and west of the prime meridian: projections: map projections vary; flat maps cannot demonstrate both equal area (size) and true shape. Conformal: maps which have true shape but distorted size; mercator. Equal area: maps which have accurate size but distorted shape; gall-peters. Compromise: maps which have distorted size and shape; robinson: scale: the ratio of distance on the map to the actual ground distance. Large scale maps show small areas with more detail.
