GEOG 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Contour Line

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The basic tools and methods of human geographers. Human geographers usually begin with observation information must be collected and data recorded. Fieldwork (surveying, asking questions, using scientific instruments to measure and record things), lab experiments, and archival searches all are used. Geographers also use remote sensing: the collection of info about parts of earth"s surface by means of aerial photography or satellite imagery designed to record data on visible, infrared, and microwave sensory systems. Careers include: cartography (the art and science of making maps), geographic information systems (gis), lab analysis, private consulting, urban and regional planning, teaching Because of the broad nature of the field, these careers engage every aspect of human activity on every scale from the local to the global. One of these is the isoline, a line that connects places of equal data value. Maps based on isolines are known as isopleth maps.

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