GEO 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Geographic Coordinate System, Environmental Determinism, Total Fertility Rate
18 Sep 2016
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Scale: the map"s scale is the relationship between map units and the actual distance on. Ratio or fraction scale gives the relationship as a ratio. Gps: uses satellites to reference locations on the ground, used for navigation. Cartography as a science of mapmaking: maps are used for reference and for communication of the distribution of some feature or features. Geographic coordinate system: parallels and meridians (latitude and longitude): latitude lines are known as parallels because they are parallel to the equator, while meridian is longitude that measures degrees of east and west of that line of longitude. Map projections: cylindrical, conic, and planar: cylindrical: is a type of map in which a cylinder is wrapped around a sphere (the globe), and the details of the globe are projected onto the cylindrical surface. The simplest planar projection is tangent to the globe at one point. The world"s most populous country: china, only about half urban, moved towards market-based economy.
