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Maps can show more than the view out your window such as
Actual map projections are made not by casting shadows on paper but by applying that manipulate the scales of the surface features
Maps exclude a lot more than they
A chain of hardware stores has databases of purchases To use these databases in a GIS they must be tied to
locations on a digital map.
What all meet at the North and South Poles
The Lines of Longitude all meet at the Poles.
GIS software produces representations of
Before European settlers arrived the Great Plans of North America were
What is a question normally asked by mapmakers before they design a new map
How large are each of the map elements?
From the standpoint of geography and demography a consists of people who live in a particular area
all of the people; population
GIS relies on specialized software but this software only works if it's given
data from the real world.
What are the reasons why groups of people leave a particular place called
The reasons groups of people leave a particular place are called
push factors. Push factors are usually due to a difficulty such as
war, natural disasters, food shortages, or inability to find
jobs.
Maps are especially useful for showing aspects of the world that cannot be seen directly These include what
GIS stands for what in geography
Geographic Information System
Mercator projection The travels of Marco Polo Ibn Idrisi's world map Robinson projection Arrange these events from the history of cartography in the order in which they occurred
In the fictional map which elements suggest relative location
South Island and Vertical Gridlines