APHG Unit 1
1.1 Introduction to Maps
- Misconceptions
- What is a map?
- Types of Maps
- Why Do Many Airplanes Fly over the Polar Circles?
- More projections
- Mercator vs. Gall-Peters Projections
- Importance of Projections (Mercator vs. Peters)
1.2 Geographic Data
- 9 Things About Landsat 9
- Explore Paris with ArcGIS Online (no account required)
- For Fun: Your Name in Landsat
1.3 The Power of Geographic Data
- John Snow's Map (video)
- (by the way, the above video lied to you)
- How one NASA image tells dozens of stories
- The Power of Maps
- 2020 Census Demographic Data Map Viewer
1.4 Spatial Concepts
- Mapping My Community Project
- Cartographic Scale: Large scale is like when you hold a fish close to your face, the scales are larger (so more zoomed in)
- What is space and how do we study it?
1.5 Human-Environment Interaction
- Environmental determinism vs. possibilism
1.6 Scales of Analysis
- Not the same as cartographic scale
- Unit 1 Map and Scale Activity
1.7 Regional Analysis
- Regional boundaries are transitional and often contested and overlapping
- Types of Regions; Formal, Functional, Vernacular