作者：jacob jennings 3 年以前
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Thinking like a Geographer-Jacob
The integration of advanced technology in geography, known as geo-technologies, plays a pivotal role in both academic study and practical everyday applications. These technologies include tools like GPS, telematics, remote sensing, and GIS, each serving different purposes such as location sharing and identifying where people are.
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Thinking like a Geographer-Jacob The Role of Geo-technologies What is a Geo-technology? The use of advanced technology in the study of geography and in everyday use. Kinds of Geo-Technologies Telematics Location sharing
Remote Sencsing GIS Where other people are
GPS Where you are
Geographic Perspectives Economic 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 Patterns Dispresed Evenly spread out Concentrated Focused in on one spot only Outlier Out of place from others Absent Missing or not present Clusterd Multiple Groupings Linear Follows a line Interrelationships Human + Natural Ex:Humans polution all over the earth in causing climate change Human + Human Ex:Human polulation to Cities and houses.. Where ever there is more people there would be more cities and houses. Natural + Natural Ex:Plates moving in the Earth causes Earthquakes and Valcanoes Natural + Human Ex:Humans cut down forests to make houses,towns and even cities Understanding Geographic Data Geographic data can be visualized in 3 different ways. Graphs Charts Maps Attribute Data is Data that meets or doesnt meet a sartification Understanding Geographic data is information that has explicit or implicit association with a location relative to Earth. Trends Fluctuating Unpredictable Unchanging Decreasing Increasing
