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GEOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY. KARL RITTER. ERATOSTHENES. ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. Candelas Ceja Cejita Cerrito Cerro Chiquito Cordillera Cuchilla Cumbre Eminencia Loma Lomita Mesa Montana Pelado Pelon Peloncilla Pena Picacho Pico Sandia Sierra Teta Tinaja.

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GEOGRAPHY

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  1. GEOGRAPHY

  2. KARL RITTER ERATOSTHENES ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT

  3. Candelas Ceja Cejita Cerrito Cerro Chiquito Cordillera Cuchilla Cumbre Eminencia Loma Lomita Mesa Montana Pelado Pelon Peloncilla Pena Picacho Pico Sandia Sierra Teta Tinaja

  4. Environmental determinism: culture is a product of the physical environment

  5. 4 QUESTIONS What? Where? How? Why?

  6. Map: a flat, 2-D representation of a portion of the earth’s surface IMPORTANT COMPONENTS: Scale Feature Projection

  7. Scale: refers to the relationship of a feature’s size on a map to its actual size on Earth.

  8. SCALE: Representative fraction 1 unit on the map = x units in reality 1: 25,000 Written “1 inch equals 25 miles” Bar/Graphic

  9. Large scale vs. small scale • “The larger the scale, the more detail.” • Large scale: more detail, less geographical area, smaller number in the denominator • Small scale: less detail, more geographical area, larger number in the denominator • 1 : 750,000 vs. 1 : 2,500,000

  10. Projection: the science of transforming round to flat (transferring info from round earth to flat map)

  11. Scale reduction Datum DEVELOPABLE SURFACE EARTH SPHEROID

  12. Distortion is a by-product of projection SHAPE, AREA, DISTANCE, DIRECTION

  13. Mercator Equal area

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