GG102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Semiotics, Online Advertising, African Story
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Examining and explaining the spatial distribution of human features and activities, and impacts on the environment. Within certain places, regions, or globally (spatial scale) What is where, why there, and why care (charles grizner) Cognitive images representing a persons perceptions, feelings, memories, meanings and knowledge of a location. Not a physical map with lines and points. What you see in your mind"s eye when you think of a place/area. Mental maps every has one in their heads. Nodes: foci for travel (ex: two paths that meet together) Districts: area that you enter (ex: body of water) Boundaries & edges: between areas (ex: line between water and land) Images and stories: variety of techniques to convey. Tend to look like traditional maps and be: Mental maps are the true basis for all human behaviour and activities (ex: what are you going to consume, where are you going to go, etc this is based on your perception)
