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15 Cards in this Set
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Geography
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the study and analysis of places including their internal characteristics and their external links
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Absolute location
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latitude and longitude
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relative location
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Proximity counts,
"distance decay effect" "friction of distance" |
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Regions
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area of Earth's surface with similar internal characteristics and external links that help distinguish it from other areas
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formal regions
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places tied together by common characteristics
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Nodal Regions
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places tied together by common connection point
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functional regions
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places tied together by common authority
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Scale
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Level of geographical detail
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maps
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are models of the earths surface
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location accurate maps
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road maps
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thematic maps
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shows geographical distributions
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chloropleth maps
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are regional thematic maps
(maps of regions) |
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cartograms
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maps with place sizes weighted by a selected characteristic
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remotely sensed images are used in
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mapping and GIS
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Geographical information systems (GIS)
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layers of spatial/data/info (physical and human) can be manipulated for analysis and for planning output includes maps
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