GEOG 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Location, Location, Location, Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis
18 Feb 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Geography is the study of the evolving character and organization of the earth"s surface. It investigates how, why and where human and natural activities occur and how these activities are interconnected. Distribution and movements of things within that space . Place names on a map-gps + gis satellites. Spatial analysis of the physical elements, processes, landforms, systems of our environment. What is . (features on earth, physical or human) Nations. (great lakes low water levels could cost billion by 2050. ) 6 essential elements (ncge): spatial world geospatial technology to communicate. Mental maps : places and regions- places in your life and our organization of. Meteorology- short term fluctuations in the atmosphere (weather) Remote sensing: mathematical modeling and spatial statistics. Generalized view of earth"s surface. (david thompson: north americas greatest geographer) Computerized databases used to enter, analyze, manipulate, store and display spatial data (maps) System that uses satellite signals to describe your position on earth.
