APHuG vocab/concepts 1.1 & 1.2

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Scale is

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the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.

Front

1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?

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a ratio or fraction

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Mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map.

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projection

Front

All maps have:

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distortion

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Greenwich Mean Time is measured from

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0 degrees longitude.

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GPS stands for

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global positioning system.

Front

GIS uses multiple information layers to produce:

Back

computer maps.

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A location's name on Earth's surface is a

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toponym

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Concept linking distribution of one phenomenon to locations of others.

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spatial association.

Front

Dr. John Snow correlated cholera deaths with:

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Water pumps