HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

• Where are they?
• What are they like?
• How they interact over space?
• How do they change the landscape

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Location, Direction, and Distance
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Direction

• Absolute
• (North, South, East, West)
• Relative
• (Out West, Down State)

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2 Locations

• Absolute Location
• 451'27.7?N 8545'44.75?W
• 2612'16?S 282'44?E
• Site
• Bordering and west of Delaware river north of its
  intersection with Shuykill river in Southeastern
  Pennsylvania.
• Relative Location
• situation

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Distance

• Absolute
• Measured with standard units
• Relative
• Measured with other unit.
• How far is that?

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Scale

• Mathematical
• 110,000
• Size of unit studied
• Global Warming
• Cold Michigan winter
• Scale of time, scale of distance

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Natural and Cultural Landscapes

• Related
• Farms of the United Sates vs. China
• Slavery

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Places Change
Ice Age Urban Sprawl (Maryland)
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Toblers 1st LawInterrelations between Places

• Spatial Interaction
• Accessibility
• Connectivity
• Telephone lines, roads,
• people walking, radio
• Spatial Diffusion
• Walmart
• Globalization
• INCREASING interconnectedness

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Density or Dispersion?
A
B
One Square Mile
One Square Mile

• Equal Density
• A is more dispersed
• B is more clustered

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Types of Regions

• Uniform
• Common charactersitic
• Nodal
• Center Point
• Perceptual
• midwest

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Uniform
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Nodal
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Perceptual
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Maps

• Large Scale Small area
• 1100

• Small Scale Large area
• 11,000,000

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The Globe Grid

• Meridians (Longitude)
• Length
• 1 Meridian ½ equator
• Converge at poles
• Parallels (Latitude)
• Length
• Less as you near poles
• Degrees
• 1 degree 60 (60min)
• 1 min 60 (60sec)
• 45 1 27.7
• 45.024361
• 45 1.46
• Scale
• Preserved everywhere

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Types of Maps

• General Purpose
• Thematic
• Qualatative
• Quantitative
• Graduated Circle
• Cartogram
• Changes data into area WEIRD!
• Choropleth
• Total number / Standard Areal Unit (block,
  county)
• Misleading?
• Isometric
• Isopleth
• data
• Isotherm
• Temp

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Qualatative
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Graduate Circle
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Cartogram
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Choropleth
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Isometric
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Geographic Information Systems

• Data (Spreadsheet) linked to a computer generated
  map.

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Spatial Systems

• Variables location, distance, direction,
  density, and other interact
• Maps show spatial systems
• Models describe spatial systems

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