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33 Cards in this Set
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Types of Maps
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-Topographic
-Thematic -Cognitive |
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Topographic maps
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forms of the surface of the land, physical featureor parts of a built landscape
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Thematic maps
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Represents event, and their frequency and intensity.
-Isoline maps -proportional maps -choropleth maps -dot maps -cartogram |
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Cognitive maps
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mental maps, mind maps, cognitive models. Perspective
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Map Projections
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*Mercator
*Robinson *Mollewide *Peters projection *Fuller's Dymaxion |
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Mercator
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Most commonly used, unfolds map but distorts land sizes
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Robinson
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Some distortion of land size and relative shapes
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Mollewide
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Right landmass sizes but wrong contours
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Peter's projection
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distorts land size around the equator, used often by charity organizations
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Fuller's Dymaxion
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Breaks up world into triangles
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Concepts of Spacial Analysis
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*Space
*Location *Disance |
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Tyes of Space
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*absolute
*relative *cognitive |
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Absolute Space
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measurements
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Relative space
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relative to some other space, space of connections
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Cognitive space
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measure by values and beliefs
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Absolute Location
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latitude and longitude
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Relative Location
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site and or situation
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Site
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Characteristics, physical
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situation
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relative to nearby places/things
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Cognitive Location
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prominant places we think of s important
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Absolute Distance
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miles/kilometers/etc
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Relative Distance
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Time of Distance, etc
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Cognitive Distance
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Perception of Distance
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Spatial Interaction
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*Accessibility
*Complementarity *transferability *Time-space convergence *Intervening Opportunities |
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Accessbility
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opportunities of Contact
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Complementarity
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supply and demand relationship required
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Transferability
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Ability to be transported
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Time-space convergence
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chnge in travel time, makes world smaller
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Intervening Opportunities
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Alternate Destination arrangements
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Spatial diffusion
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*expansion
*hierarchical *mixed diffusion |
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Expansion
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Effects places closer than those farther away
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Hierarchical
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Happens through the network of settlements
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Mixed diffusion
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Both (expansion and hierarchical) happening at the same time
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