1. GEOGRAPHY TOOLS Unit 4

2. TECHNOLOGY TOOLS Geographers use a variety of technology in their job each day. Left side of notes: How has technology impacted mapmaking throughout history? Right side of notes: Your Prediction

3. What is the difference? Do they make it easier or harder to understand geography? GlobeMap A model of the Earth in the shape of a sphere A representation of a part of the Earth

4. Would you like a job like this? Why or why not? CartographerSurveyor Geographer who creates maps A person who measures land

5. What items that you use daily require this technology? Remote Sensing Landsat Obtaining information about a site by using an instrument that is not physically in contact with the site. A series of information- gathering satellites that orbit above the Earth.

6. How do these tools not only help geographers? Global Positioning System (GPS) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) A system that uses a network of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint a location. A computer internet- based mapping technology.

7. VIDEO EXPLANATION GPS Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi_3 XwkA8cQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi_3 XwkA8cQ GIS Video Clip : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mC DUf08YLg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mC DUf08YLg

8. Benefits and draw backs to Technology How have these resources helped us understand the world? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xp DlZZIyDQ&feature= related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xp DlZZIyDQ&feature= related Are we too dependent on technology? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZX M_g3mqew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZX M_g3mqew

9. A Day In The Life of a Land Surveyor What do you think makes this job interesting? What makes this job challenging? How do they improve our world? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_X3dqDR XhM