Human GEO

supports geographic thinking. Tools such as maps, globes, graphs, photographs, and satellite imagery provide geographers with vast amounts of data about the world that is analyzed to understand the processes driving human geography. ( helps geographers solve major issues but showing them patterns or connections)

data represented numerically, including anything that can be counted, measured, or given a numerical value

descriptive and conceptual findings collected through questionnaires, interviews, or observation

A census is an official count of the number of people in a defined area

GIS captures, stores, organizes, and displays geographic data that can then be used to configure both simple and complex maps

which is the shape and features of land surfaces. It can also display demographic information about the people who live in a certain place, such as age, ethnicity, income, or family size

A variety of geospatial technologies gather data; some do so remotely, or without making physical contact

an integrated network of at least 31 satellites in the U.S. system that orbit Earth and transmit location data to handheld receivers.

people who make maps

ABSOLUTE DISTANCE is distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length. RELATIVE DISTANCE is measured in terms of other criteria such as time or money.

The terms ABSOLUTE DIRECTION (the cardinal directions north, south, east, and west) and RELATIVE DIRECTION (left, right, up, down, front, or behind based on people’s perceptions)

is the mathematical relationship between the size of a map and the part of the real world it shows

are generalized sources of geographic data and focus on location

have a theme or specific purpose and focus on the relationship among geographic data