GEOG 1HA3 Chapter Notes -Contour Line, Personal Computer, Quantitative Research
6 Feb 2014
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: the science of map-making: primary purpose: to communicate information, closely integrated with analysis and less dependent on manual skills, scale is always indicated on the map (eg. fraction, a ratio, written statement, dot maps. : useful to display data such as towns, wheat farming, cemeteries, incidence of diseases, etc: choropleth map. : sacrifice detail for improved appearance: projection. : how you can project a spherical earth on a flat surface. Computer assisted cartography: programs used to easily create mapping packages which deletes the need for artistic skills and human error. Geographic information systems: geographic information system (gis) and map spatially referenced data. : computer based tool used to store, analyze. : personal computer, may be used for large apps. May be used to input data, example: digitizers and scanners: processing hardware, peripheral hardware, software: Applications and programs: two principle methods of translation, vector: points of data.
