1. “Spatial” Relating to space.
Describes how objects fit together in space, either among the planets or down here on earth.
Relating to the position, area, and size of things.
Spatial is used to describe things relating to areas.

2. Random Maps
WARNING: Some maps on the page might not be so school-appropriate – do not give out website.

3. Countries That Do Not Use the Metric System

4. Paid Maternal Leave Around the World

5. Roman Roads as a Subway Map

6. Flag Map of the World

7. Highest Paid Public Employees by State

8. Dangerous Areas to Ship due to Pirates

9. Where 2% of Australia’s Population Lives

10. Researchers per Million Inhabitants

11. Oil Import and Export Flows

12. Most popular websites

13. Most popular sports

14. Worldwide Freedom of Press

15. “Spatial Association…”
“…occurs within a region if the distribution of one feature is related to the distribution of another feature.” …WHAT?

16. How are these maps related?
The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded (not shown: Sao Tome and Principe)
Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country

17. Geography is most fundamentally a spatial science.
Geographers use maps to display the location of objects and to extract information about places. Early geographers drew maps of Earth’s surface based on exploration and observation.
Contemporary GIScience, including remote sensing, GPS, VGI, geo-tagging, and GIS, assist geographers in understanding reasons for observed regularities across Earth.
-The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography, p. 41