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People Barron's
Eratosthenes - early cartographer, coined the term geography, made a nearly accurate measurement of the Earth's Circumference Ptolemy - early cartography, used a grid system George Perkins Marsh - wrote about how human actions change or affect physical/natural systems Carl Sauer- cultural landscape is the fundamental unit of geographical analysis, this is from human interaction with physical environment, ALL landscape is effected by humans W.D. Pattison -geography comes from 4 traditions: earth science, culture-environment, locations, and area-analysis. Map Parts
absolute location - exact position on a map grid system longitude/meridians- lines to the east or west of the Prime Meridian, run vertically latitude/parallels - lines to the north or south of the Equator, (go horizontally) Prime Meridian-0 degree line of longitude through Greenwich, England International Date Line -180 degree line of longitude, starts a new day Equator - 0 degree line of latitude, separates northern and southern hemisphere coordinate system - grid (longitude and latitude) used to find absolute location |
Maps Types to know!variables in a specific area
Thematic Maps - type of map that attempts to display one or more
cartography - the science of making maps
cognitive/mental map - map drawn from one's memories and experiences
location charts - map, chart, graph, etc that show statistics of a particular place
Thematic Maps - type of map that attempts to display one or more
cartography - the science of making maps
cognitive/mental map - map drawn from one's memories and experiences
location charts - map, chart, graph, etc that show statistics of a particular place