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absolute location |
the position or place of a certain item on the surface of the earth as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude, 0 to 90 N or S of the equator, and longitude, 0 to 180 E or W of the prime meridian |
certain • Ahmet Keles |
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contagious diffusion |
distance-controller spreading of an idea, innovation or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person |
person to person Ahmet Keles |
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cultural diffusion |
expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area |
Spread Ahmet Keles |
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cultural landscape |
the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape |
Ahmet Keles |
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distances |
measurements of the physical space between two places |
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environmental determinism |
view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development (environmentalism) |
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expansion diffusion |
spread of innovation or idea through a population in an area in such a way that the number of those influenced grows continuously larger, resulting in an expanding area of dissemination |
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fieldwork |
the study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places |
Ahmet Keles |
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five themes |
location, human-environment, region, place, and movement |
Ahmet Keles |
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formal region |
type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in 1 or more phenomena; aka uniform or homogeneous region |
Ahmet Keles |
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absolute direction |
a compass direction such as north or south are absolute directions. Saying that Canada is North of the US is an example of absolute direction |
Ahmet Keles |
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absolute distance |
an absolute distance is the exact measurement of the physical space between two places. Using the amount of miles that separates two places is an example of absolute distance |
Ahmet Keles |
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area distortion |
disadvantages for maps depicting the entire world of the: shape, distance, relative, size, and direction of places on maps |
Ahmet Keles |
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census data
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a periodic and official count of a country's population |
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clustering |
objects in an area are close together
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dispersal |
objects in an area are relatively far apart |
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elevation |
the height of physical features such as mountains is measured from the sea level rather than the ground level |
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field observation |
a method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary |
Ahmet Keles |
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flows |
a pattern of migration in which migrants move back and forth between two or a small number of places, such as their home and a distant work-site |
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global scale |
the geographic scale realm encompassing all of earth
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local scale |
distinctive site or physical characteristic of each place on earth |
Ahmet Keles |
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regional scale
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can apply to any area larger than a point and smaller than the entire planet
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functional region |
region defined by the particular set of activities or interaction that occur within it generalized maps-help us see general trends |
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generalized maps |
-help us see general trends |
Ahmet Keles |
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geocaching |
a hunt for a cache, the GPS coordinates which are placed on the internet by other geocachers |
Ahmet Keles |
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geographic concept |
ways of seeing the world spatially that are used by geographers in answering research questions
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geographic information systems (GIS)
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collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed to the user
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global positioning system (GPS)
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a satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features
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hierarchical diffusion
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form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or people
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human geography
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one of the two major divisions of geography; the spacial analysis of human population, its cultures, activities, and landscapes
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human-environment
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reciprocal relationship between human and environment |
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landscape analysis |
overall appearance of an area |
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location |
geographical situation of people and things |
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location theory
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a logical attempt to explain the locational pattern of an economic activity, and the manner in which its producing areas are interrelated |
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mental map |
image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by and individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space
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movement |
the mobility of people, goods, and ideas across the surface of the planet
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pattern
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the design of a spatial distribution (scattered or concentrated) |
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perceptual region
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region that only exists as a conceptualization or an idea and not as a physically demarcated entity |
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map distortion |
three of these common types of map projections are cylindrical, conic, and azimuthal |
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media reports |
Print Media (Newspapers, Magazines) Internet. Broadcast Media (TV, Radio) Outdoor of the Out of Home (OOH) Media |
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national scale |
an area that represents a nation or country
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online mapping |
compilation and publication of Web sites that provide exhaustive graphical and text information in the form of maps and databases, used for GPS, travel planning, and tracking weather |
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online visualization |
describes any effort to help people understand the significance of data by placing it in a visual context
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personal interviews |
technique for gathering information through face-to-face contact with individuals
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physical geography |
one of two major divisions of systematic geography; the spatial analysis of the structure, processes, and the location of Earth's natural phenomena such as climate, soil, plants, animals, and topography
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place |
uniqueness of a location |
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possibilism |
geographic view point-a response to determination that holds the human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development |
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reference maps |
maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features determined by a frame of reference, typically latitude and longitude
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region |
an area on the earth's surface marked by a degree of formal, functional, or perceptual homogeneity of some phenomena |
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relative location |
the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places
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relocation diffusion |
sequential diffusion process in which the items being diffused are transmitted by their carrier agents as the evacuate the old areas and relocate to new ones |
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remote sensing |
a method of collecting data of information through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the object of study
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rescale |
involvement of player sat other scales to generate support for a position or initiative |
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sense of place |
state of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place or by labeling a place with a certain character
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spatial |
pertaining to, involving, or having the nature of space on the earth's surface |
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spatial distribution |
physical location of geographic phenomena across space
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spacial interaction |
intervening opportunity-the presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites further away
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stimulus diffusion |
form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the intro of a cultural trait from another place |
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thematic maps |
maps that tell stories, typically showing the degree of show attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon |
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time-distance delay |
the declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its points point of origin or source |
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photographic interpretation |
"the act of examining photographic images for the purpose of identifying objects and judging their significance" (Colwell, 1997) |
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policy documents |
specifies the rules, guidelines and regulations that your organization requires employees to follow |
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space |
implies the extent of an area and can be in a relative and absolute sense |
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time-space convergence |
refers to the decline in travel between geographical locations as a result of transportation, communication, and related technological and social innovations
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travel narratives |
often records of the places, people, and occurrences of a particular region that a traveller visits
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