1. Opening List the 5 themes of Human Geography 1.Location 2.Human-Environment Interaction 3.Region 4.Place 5.Movement

2. 5 Themes Location –Site –Situation or Relative Location –Absolute Location

3. 5 Themes Human-Environment Interactions –Cultural Landscape Region –Uneven distribution –Common characteristic

4. 5 Themes Place –Unique point in space –Sense of place –Perceptions

5. 5 Themes Movement –Spatial Interaction Distance Distance decay –Accessibility –Connectivity

6. What does this map represent?

7. Isoline

8. Isoline - Contour

9. Proportional symbols

10. Dot map

11. Choropleth

12. Cartogram

13. Parts of a Map Title Legend ScaleDirection

15. Map Scale Expressed as a ratio of unit on map to actual number of units on Earth. –1:100,000 inches = –1 inch on map is the equivalent of –100,000 inches in the real world The larger the second number, the smaller the map scale

16. THUS… A large-scale map displays a relatively small section of the Earth’s surface A small-scale map displays a relatively large section of the Earth’s surface

18. Remote Sensing Measuring and interpreting the Earth’s surface from far away –Balloon –Aircraft –Satellite

19. Remote Sensing Satellite imaging often produces “false color” images

20. False Color (example)

21. Orthophoto Map Map drawn on actual aerial/satellite photo

22. Geographic Information System (GIS)

23. GIS Layers

24. GIS Layering Rasters Vectors

25. What GIS Can Do?