study

show locations of places and geographic features/ generalized sources of geographic data and focus on location

• Reference maps

• Thematic map

• Map scale

• Isoline map

system of satellites that provide geo-spatial positioning e.g. GPS

• Geographic information systems (GIS)

• Satellite navigation systems

• Global positioning system (GPS)

 Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Situation

 A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data

• Geographic information system (GIS)

• Satellite navigation systems

• Global posititioning system (GPS)

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods

• Field observation

• Remote sensing

• Census data

• Time-space compression/convergence

 a study of a phenomenon in a natural setting

• Field observation

• Remote sensing

• Census data

• Time-space compression/convergence

general arrangements of things being studied

• Patterns

• Possibilism

• Sustainability

The shrinking of the world due to improvements in communication and transportation technologies

• Census data

• Sustainability

• Time-space compression/convergence

• Distance decay

systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population

• Census data

• Time-space compression/convergence

• Field observation

 the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction

• Sustainability

• Distance decay

• Possibilism