1. Geography: It’s Nature and Perspectives
Thinking Geographically

2. Scale
Multiple meanings in Geography

3. cartographic
shows the relationship of the feature on the data frame to the actual size on the earth

4. cartographic
shows the relationship of the feature on the data frame to the actual size on the earth

5. analysis
Shows the size of the unit which is studied

6. analysis
International

7. analysis
National
State

8. analysis
county

9. Scale Differences Maps of Washington State
Fig. 1-3: The effects of scale in maps of Washington State. (Scales from 1:10 million to 1:10,000)

10. Washington State (1:10 million scale)

11. Western Washington (1:1 million scale)

12. Seattle Region (1:100,000 scale)

13. Downtown Seattle, Washington (1:10,000 scale)

14. Spatial Association at Various Scales
Fig. 1-13: Death rates from cancer in the US, Maryland, and Baltimore show different patterns that can identify associations with different factors.

15. Cancer Death Rates in the U.S.

16. Cancer Death Rates in Maryland

17. Cancer Death Rates in Baltimore

18. Key to remember:
Large scale – large detail
Small scale – small detail

19. Create Election maps

21. President 2012

24. Compare/contrast the distribution of the data across the different scales. Which map scale would be a better map to use for a news story?
FCA: clearly state your position (2)
FCA: justify your position with relevant details (5)
FCA: include 2 and 2 differences (8)