GEOG101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Contour Line, Remote Sensing, Map Projection

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG101
• Professor: Amanda Hooykaas

Document Summary

Human geography recognizing and understanding the interdependence among places and regions, taking into the account the uniqueness of each place. Places specific geographical settings with distinctive physical, social and cultural attributes. Regions territories that encompass many places, all or most share attributes different from the attributes of places elsewhere. Large amounts of information can be explored, summarized, and presented to others: the objective of data analysis is to better understand reality, whether it is qualitative or quantitative. Geographers at work: careers can include cartography (the art and science of making maps), geographic information systems, laboratory analysis, private consulting, etc. Internal affairs: knowledge of regional histories and geographies along with the ability to analyze the interdependence of places and regions, discussions of international policy and globalization, government agencies, corporations, nonprofit organizations. Security: appreciation of the interdependent relationships between local, regional and global systems, studying the vulnerability to potential security risks. Largest mapping units represent the greatest statistical values.