1. Geo_ _graphy van den Keere, 1607

2. Human Geography: World Population density, 1995 NASA, 1996 Problem? Ethnocentrism S

3. Five Themes 1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._

4. Topological Map Reference Map:

5. North America 1:101,376,000 MidAtlantic 1:5,576,000 Simplification: Downtown 1:6000

6. GIS:

7. Spatial Data: Primary Data: Secondary Data:

8. Thematic Maps: Choropleth Dot Regions Patterns Density Dispersion Distribution Proportional symbol Isoline

9. Aggregation: BASIC STATISTICS Equal Frequency Equal Interval Creating Classes

10. 2.2 Based on this map, name four cities with the largest number of African American residents. 2.8 Which color scheme, if any, does a poor job of portraying the percent African American? Why?

11. 1.9. Could we say the same thing about the Boston area – has it become more spread out? Boston, 1927 (www.mappingboston.org) Boston, 2000

12. An alternative to the Equal Frequency or Equal Interval methods: “Natural Breaks” 2.10. Other Ways to Classify Your Information.

13. 0-1/4 0-3% 1/4-1/2 4-6% 1/2-1 7-12% 1-2 13-24% 2+ 25%+ 2.10. Other Ways to Classify Your Information. An alternative to the Equal Frequency or Equal Interval methods: “Indexing” US - 12.3% ¼ = 3% ½ = 6% 1 = 12% 2 = 24%