thinkinking like a geograpgher

paterns and trends

disperst

evinly spread out

consontrded

focust in one spot

clusterd

mutapule grupings

liner

follows a line

outlier

out of place compared to others

absent

missing or not thare

interelashinships

human to natral

humans cuting down trees

human to human

humans aguing

natral to natral

landslides

natral to human

flooding

Spatial Significance

Natural

knowing what is natural

Human

knowing what is maid by humans

The Role of Geotechnologies

Global Positioning System

A satellite network that provides location data

Geographic Information Systems

Computer system that stores, analyzes and visualize geographic information as digital maps

Remote Sensing

Seeing or measuring something from a distance

Telematics

Any technology that shares data

Geographic Perspectives

Social

The connection or impact on people’s lives, families and everyday living.

Environmental

The connection or impact on the environment, ecosystems, organisms

Political

The connection or impact of government decisions, plans laws and choices

Economic

The connection or impact on jobs, income, wealth and MONEY.

Geographic Data

primary data

collected by you

secondary data

collected by other