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What is the difference between an annotation and a label? |
A label is a simple descriptive point: a house An annotation is an explanatory label: No houses here because... |
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What is photosketching and how do you do it? |
Sketching a photo 1) Split the image into 4 and your box into 4 (or more if it is more complicated) 2) Sketch each of the boxes what the image shows 3) Add colour 4) Label and annotate, including a North arrow and a title |
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What are aerial photos and what are the two types? |
Photographs taken from the air Vertical - Taken from birds eye view, showing directly down, with limited area Oblique - Taken at an angle, showing a greater area |
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What is the difference between aerial and satellite photos? |
Satellite photos are taken from space, on a large scale, but often with zoom, which can show a much larger area and more general patterns |
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What does it mean to interpret an aerial photo? |
Describing the physical and human features that can be seen on the image. Physical - Relief - Coasts - Rivers Human - Farmland - Roads - Settlements |
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How would you draw a cross section? |
1) Draw the points you need to go between on a map and join them 2) Place a sheet of paper against this and mark the start and end points 3) Go along the line, marking the height at various points given by the contours 4) Draw the same line length on graph paper and go through each of the points, marking the height accordingly given on the scale 5) Join the dots |
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What is GIS and some uses? |
Geographical Information Systems - Using digital maps to make lives easier. You can layer information onto a map to visualise data, and is used in Sat Navs. |
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What are some of the advantages of GIS? |
1) A lot of information can be visualised on one map 2) It's available on mobile phones 3) Serves many benefits to public services like the police 4) It has made travel easier |
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What are some of the disadvantages of GIS? |
1) Too much information on one map can be confusing 2) You need a computer 3) Equipment can be expensive 4) Training is needed for sophisticated equipment |
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What ONE main use of GIS? |
Controlling ambulance response times: 1) Call handler uses a map to see where the caller is 2) Overlayed is the locations of all ambulance crews 3) Next layer shows the traffic congestion to get to the emergency fastest 4) It can also be used to analyse where accidents have occured |
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What is the Site of a Settlement? |
The physical location of the land on which it is built |
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What is the Situation of a Settlement? |
The location of a settlement in relation to it's surroundings |
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What do you need to remember when describing the site of a settlement? |
SHAWL Shelter (from winds) Height (above sea level) Aspect (The way it faces) Water Supply Land (it's built on, floodplain, fertile land) |
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What do you need to remember when describing the situation of a settlement? |
PARC Places (nearby) Accessability (Roads, Rivers) Relief Communication |
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What are the different shapes of settlement? |
Dispersed - Isolated farm houses and buildings found in rural areas where lots of land is needed to live Nucleated - Houses grouped together around a point, like a cross roads or green for defense. Flatter areas Linear - A settlement built along a valley, beside a river or canal. Common in valleys. |
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What is a 'gap town'? |
A town built either side of a gap in a range of hills that served a barrier to communication. Often feature a castle to control the gap. |
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What is a 'defensive site'? |
A settlement sited for defensive benefit to protect them from invaders. often situated inside a meander band (protection by water on three sides), or atop a hill (so the invaders had to climb, making it more difficult) |
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What is the 'lowest bridging point'? |
The last place a river can be crossed before the sea. |
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What is a 'coastal town'? |
A town located on the coast, situated for communication, tourism or trade. |
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What is a 'spring-line settlement'? |
A settlement where it is located at the base of a line of hills, providing water supply, flat land and protection from wind. |
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What is an 'isoline graph'? |
A graph with lines connecting points of similar values, with colours changing depending on the values. |
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What is a triangle graph? |
A graph on a triangle, showing a range of percentages of three values, presuming they add up to 100% |
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What is a dispersed settlement? |
Isolated farmhouses and buildings with no obvious focus or centre where lots of land is needed |
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What is a nucleated settlement?
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Houses grouped together around a point, often a crossroads of village green, in flatter areas
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What is a Linear settlement?
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A settlement built along a line, a valley floor, river or road, common in south wales
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