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Human Geography introduction

Geography Earth-Writing-- Point is to store reference material Tool for communicating geographic information Writing Cartography—two dimensional representation of 3 dimensional space

Geographical Writing ….

Cartography…

ancient

roman

Medieval/fanciful

Age of exploration

empirical

scale Relative size Ratio, fraction, description

distortion Shape Distance Size direction

divisions Meridians Parallels (longitude)

Divisions Conceptual (hemispheres) Date line & time zones

regions Definition Kinds Formal Functional Vernacular (cultural) Spatial associations

formal Universal features Predominant features

Formal

functional functional

vernacular

Spatial associations

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