GEOG 1040H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spherical Earth, Spatial Analysis, Map Projection
30 Nov 2017
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The science of geography: geography fro(cid:373) geo (cid:862)earth(cid:863) a(cid:374)d graphei(cid:374) (cid:862)to write(cid:863, geography is. A method, not a body of knowledge. Eclectic: geographers use spatial analysis its crucial, geographers use earth systems science. Physical geography is : the spatial analysis of all the physical elements and processes that make up the environment, energy, water, air, weather, landforms, climate, soils, plants, animals, micro organisms, the earth itself. Location on a spherical earth: parallels of latitude: runs east to west, meridians of longitude: runs north to south, prime meridian (0 degrees longitude, equator (0 degrees latitude, degrees are angles. Mapping comic projection: meridians shown as straight lines that converge towards poles. Ordered, interrelated sets of things and their attributes, linked by flows of energy and matter. Our ability to identify systems helps us to understand how they operate and interact with other systems: closed systems. System boundary is impermeable to transfers of energy and matter.
