GG102 Study Guide - Distance Decay, Cultural Geography
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Important concepts: what is there why there and why care- charles grizner. Human geography: examining and explaining the spatial distribution of human features, activities, and impacts on the environment. Using a mental map: a useful tool representing a persons mental map is limited because we can only describe them in any way. Place- is a location that has a particular identity or unique meaning. Region- large area encompassing many areas or places. Location- relative close to or about 2 blocks etc. absolute is a set address, longitude and latitude. Gis- geographic information system- essentially involves multiple layers of data, the overlay of the data in combination helps to solve the issues or conundrums. Two generic types of data- raster and vector. Raster can be thought of as pixels, i. e. camera. Culture- beliefs and norms, the day to day distinctive activities that formulate a cultural perspective about a group in society.
