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UNIT ONE – PART 3

UNIT ONE – PART 3. Some Terms. Spatial skills is an ability to observe and understand how different things are related Geographic Inquiry is a method that geographers use to solve problems (later in the course). Geography Will Teach You….

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UNIT ONE – PART 3

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  1. UNIT ONE – PART 3

  2. Some Terms • Spatial skills is an ability to observe and understand how different things are related • Geographic Inquiry is a method that geographers use to solve problems (later in the course)

  3. Geography Will Teach You… • Where natural features, human features, people and other species are located • Why they are located there • The imprints, or effects, and patterns made by these features on the Earth’s surface • How and why these patterns change over time

  4. Geography Will Teach You… • The economic, environmental, and social consequences of these changes • The connections between people and their environment and among different groups of people • The challenges that arise from the ways that people interact with their environment and how we can resolve these challenges

  5. What Geographers Do… • Look at shapes and patterns made on the landscape by natural features (rivers and forests) • Look at processes (flooding, glaciation, erosion) • Examine the geographic imprints of human activities (settlements, farming, waste disposal)

  6. Map Conventions • Maps are used everyday. Anything on the Earth’s surface can be mapped (subway routes, rivers, cities, shopping malls) • All map makers follow the same rules when creating maps. These rules are known as map conventions. The main conventions are: • Title: tells what the map is about • Legend: indicates what colors or symbols represent the features on the map

  7. Map Conventions • Direction: tells where places are in relation to other places • Scale: tells the size of the area of land shown on the map; helps determine distances from places • Date: tells when the map was drawn (Important because features and landscapes change over time) • Map-maker`s Name: Tells who made the map

  8. Geomatics • Geomatics is a set of tools, techniques, and technologies to answer many of the questions geographer`s face • There are FOUR main areas of geomatics: 1. GIS (Geographic Information Systems) • Computerized mapping and analysis based on spatial data 2. Remote Sensing • Collecting information from a distance using tools such as satellite images and aerial photography

  9. Geomatics 3. Surveying and Measuring • Recording details about Earth`s surface using tools such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) • Cartography (Map-making) • All this spatial data is then used to make accurate maps • These maps are then used by many people throughout the world

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