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By: Shane Sampson, Daniel Fischman, and Sarah Gedamke

 It preserves accurate compass direction wherever you are.  It is used for ship navigation.  It distorts the area of landmasses relative to each other.

 It keeps the sizes of the continents accurate.  Used for comparing sizes.

 A map thought up in someone’s head.  Used for directions.

 Dot maps show an amount of something as a dot.  Used for calculations and research.  Helps to realize where something is concentrated.

 Reference-Shows reference information for a particular place, making it useful to find landmarks and navigate.  Thematic-Displays one or more variables, like population and income level within a specific area.  Choropleth-Uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area.  Preference-Displays an individual’s preferences in an area.  Cartograms-transforms space such that the political unit with the greatest value will be the biggest.

 Relative Distance-5 minutes to the main gate, 239 steps to the hotel.  Longitude- distance east or west of the prime meridian  Latitude- distance north or south of the equator  Absolute Distance-Downtown Disney is 7 miles from Magic Kingdom.  Site-The center of the Magic Kingdom theme park is at latitude 28.42, longitude  Situation- When diving, there is water in every direction.

 Demographics  Mapmaking  Cognitive imagery  Making visualizations

 Direction  Area  Shape  Scale

 They guide spatial behavior  They enable people too move through space  No two cognitive maps look the same  They accurately reflect mapped hazards

 Never meet  Intersect at the poles  Begin at the equator  Contain the two tropics

 35 seconds  216 footsteps  2,339 centimeters  15 minutes

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 Marsh, Meredith, Peter S. Alagona, and Peter S. Alagona. "Maps, Scale, Space, and Place." Barron's AP Human Geography. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, Print.