Geography for GIS

Written by Robert Slobodian, Malaspina University-College


TABLE OF CONTENTS -- (INDEX)

SECTION ORGANIZATION

TEXT REFERENCES

SPATIAL DESCRIPTION

 

Location

   

Geographic Site

   

Geographic Situation

   

Mathematical Location

   

Toponyms

 

Direction

 

Scale

 

Distance

 

Spatial Elements

 

Mapping Physical Space

 

Mental Mapping: Psychological Space and Distance

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

 

Pattern

 

Density

 

Concentration

SPATIAL INTERACTION

 

Agglomeration

 

Accessibility

 

Connectivity

 

Heartland/Hinterland

SPATIAL TRANSITION (Time and Space)

 

Spatial Diffusion

 

Sequent Occupance

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

 

Systems (Themes)

 

Regions

LANDSCAPE

 

Natural Landscape

 

Cultural Landscape



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