Geography 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: American Geographical Society, Mesoscopic Physics, Probabilism
14 Dec 2017
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Location: absolute location vs. relative location (location of an object in relation to other things) Site vs. situation: site physical and cultural characteristics and attributes of a place; situation external relationships involved interaction. Direction: absolute (n, s, e, w) vs. relative (direction in relation to something else) Distance: relative (in relation to other places, transforms units into time), absolute (spatial separation, km) Scale: relationship between the size of an area on a map and the actual size of the mapped area. Dispersion: how near or far objects are to each other. Pattern: a theme of recurring events or objects. Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related to distant things. Societies as national professional groups early 1800"s; organized interlinking of research national societies 19th century interest in exploration: Environmental determinism: contention that the natural environment is the sole determining factor in shaping all human culture.
