GEO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Homicide, Spatial Epidemiology, Optical Fiber Cable
18 Sep 2016
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What is geography, geography: a digital science (ex. satellite imagery, gps, aerial photogrammetry etc. ) Geospatial technology: a high growth industry with a projected annual growth of 29% between 2012-2022, average salary = ,760, new functions of geography = new jobs for geographers. Definitions/explanations: geography: the science used by businesses to maximize profits and market shares by location- production and sales in the. Geospatial technology has become a central part of law. Enforcement because it is effective, efficient, and relatively inexpensive: geography: the science used by politicians and political parties to steal elections that they cannot win. Politicians and political parties are using geographic information systems (gis) to change the geographical arrangement of voters in order to win elections b. i. Republicans redrew the boundaries of pennsylvania"s congressional districts in order to crack those districts that have historically been democratic strongholds into several smaller geographical areas b. iii. As a result of cracking pennsylvania"s democratic congressional districts into many smaller areas,
