Thinking like a Geographer-Jacob
Trends
Increasing
Decreasing
Unchanging
Unpredictable
Fluctuating
Understanding Geographic Data
Understanding Geographic data is information that has explicit or implicit association with a location relative to Earth.
Attribute Data is Data that meets or doesnt meet a sartification
Geographic data can be visualized in 3 different ways.
Maps
Charts
Graphs
Interrelationships
Natural + Human
Ex:Humans cut down forests to make houses,towns and even cities
Natural + Natural
Ex:Plates moving in the Earth causes Earthquakes and Valcanoes
Human + Human
Ex:Human polulation to Cities and houses.. Where ever there is more people there would be more cities and houses.
Human + Natural
Ex:Humans polution all over the earth in causing climate change
Patterns
Linear
Follows a line
Clusterd
Multiple Groupings
Absent
Missing or not present
Outlier
Out of place from others
Concentrated
Focused in on one spot only
Dispresed
Evenly spread out
Geographic Perspectives
Political
The connection or impact of government decisions, plans laws and choices
Environmental
The connection or impact on the environment, ecosystems, organisms
Social
The connection or impact on people’s lives, families and everyday living.
Economic
The connection or impact on jobs, income, wealth and MONEY.
The Role of Geo-technologies
Kinds of Geo-Technologies
GPS
Where you are
GIS
Where other people are
Remote Sencsing
Telematics
Location sharing
What is a Geo-technology?
The use of advanced technology in the study of geography and in everyday use.