Changing Cartograhies

From the book, it can be learned to keep cities clean and find ways to dispose of all human waste. It can also be learned that from this book people can begin to understand confirmation bias. When doing research people often only find information to back their hypothesis, and what needs to happen is the researcher must look at the data from every angle so they can find the truth. The map itself also led to the creation of Geographic Information Systems. GISs are extremely helpful in today’s society because it can help show data in a new form that is easier to understand. It also makes it to where different data can be layered. Also a lot can be learned about data collection from this book. John Snow had a lot of data to collect, and he also had to find ways to graph it. He could have just as easily wrote down all the addresses and how many people died there, but he chose to make the map, and it made it possible to physically see where the concentration was. All of these things that was discussed throughout the seminar, the book, and timelines taught me a lot. I leaned that zooming in and out of data can change its perspective monumentally, and it makes it where you could prove a point even if when you back up, the same point would not be made. I also learned that we use GIS every day, and we do not even realize it. Finally, it taught me to never take advantage of

Some of the major technologies used in geography, have made both sorts of information far more readily available and far easier to use. Statistical analysis and modeling of spatial patterns have relied on computer technology.

Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks is Ken's followup to his 2005 best-seller Brainiac. Much as his previous book Braniac followed the competitive world of game shows. Jennings offered that same behind the scenes look into the world of geography buffs and map geeks alike.

Over the course of the centuries maps have been used to find locations all over the world. They have evolved and to become more advanced, thanks to technology. Of course, there are specific ways to use a map such as basic components. Basic components include a compass rose which indicates the cardinal directions. Legends is the key where symbols are used to help find a point on the map, or in other words, lead the way. A scale can range from as far as a continent to as close as a house. All these components are important while using a map.

with the rising use of human technology. The scale of a map is what makes this information

1. ) With new technology such as Satellites scanning the surface of the earth, cartographers can use geographic information science or (GIS) to help them make more detailed and accurate maps. This has allowed scientists to get very precise and complex information from all of the data coming from the satellite orbiting around the earth at all different distances and angles. Another use for all of the Satellites is remote sensing, this allows satellite images to be scanned in thin lines any time a satellite could scan a small area or a pixel. With this we can look at very small features of earth from space and removals send it back down to earth for Analysis. A scientist can use this tech for making very accurate maps about features such as population

This changes the perception of the maps meaning. In the first week of lecture, the professor and the reading brought up an important question. She brought up, “what are you really seeing and what pieces are missing?” This creates a gap between perception and knowledge. Sight is more important than any words, and that is why this map is important. People can bring up a problem, but once they see the problem it becomes more tangible. An important reading is the “NoDAPL Map blog.” This shows how people use maps to manipulate situations. This blog supports my idea that map-makers choose what to show their selected audience, which shows the importance of what to include and exclude. If I showed too much roads or in-depth details, then it would distract the viewer from seeing the change of

Not only does the cartographer have a choice on what they can draw, they also

In this part Lynch argues that people in urban situations orient themselves by means of mental maps. To un-derstand the role of these mental maps in our urban lives, he conducted a field research of the visual qualities of the cities of Los Angeles, Boston and Jersey in the previous chapter, and deduced that these visual qualities can conveniently be classified into 5 types of elements: Paths, edges, districts and nodes.

The world has changed dramatically and rapidly since Christopher Columbus set his foot on North American Island thinking it to be the part of India and their tribal natives as Red Indians. As the time passed by, it came to be known as United States and the whole credit still goes to Columbus. Thoughts and questions like, how it became possible then navigational maps will be the perfect answer for any curious student among you. It has taken hundreds may be thousands of years to make maps and charts for navigation. With each and every new discovery of the island and sea route made the map more specific, clear and precise. Now in this present world scenario, maps have been developed to such extent that now they are known as digital map or maps.

Generally, what information is your map trying to communicate (e.g. the population density of bears across Finland or roadways and significant points of interest in Singapore)?

Geographers use a lot of different types of maps to compare. There are a lot of maps such as Climate, Economic Activity, and more. The reason why Geographers use a lot of different types of maps because they all affect each other in other large ways. But also relates to each other Geographers use other different maps for different reasons.

By comparing both representations, one can see that they strongly differ in both form and purpose. In fact, Figure 1 depicts a given information and offers a graphic visualization of statistics. The figurative map was produced to convey a certain message and help the viewer understand data. Conversely, the county atlas is made of views and appealing images meant to be sold as personal goods and decoration. The producer of the county atlas appealed more to the "identity" strategy to increase consumption and targeted people more interested in seeing the environment than understanding it. Figure 1 and 2 are distinct, yet similar in many aspects. Both objects were made of paper and were the product of human-based knowledge. They both reveal the

Maps are summarized real word for particular purposes and humans read maps to make a decision in real world. The position of map reader is essential for finding relevant information through the map. Therefore, the map reader position was explicitly indicated in the

In my opinion, a map is a representation of real life situations scaled onto paper, used to further explain, describe and simplify information. It can be in the form of a model, a diagram or an actual map showing features of the earth. When my Geography teacher in Form 4 taught the class about Population, we couldn’t really grasp the concept of how to determine the stages of countries in terms of their birth rate and death rate, so he used the Demographic Transition Model that shows the stages of birth rate and death rate as well as population growth of countries to further explain the stages of development in countries, in relation to population. After his explanation of the model, 15 out of 17 students stated that they fully understood the topic as opposed to 5 out of 17 students in the class before the class was introduced to the model. This goes to show that the model successfully simplified the knowledge and aided us in further understanding the topic, thus proving its convenience only when it simplifies knowledge. If it wasn’t used to simplify the knowledge, it wouldn’t have been relevant in the situation. What I plan to do in this essay is to explore what it means to simplify knowledge as well as discussing the relevance of maps in two areas of knowledge; Natural Sciences and Human Sciences, as well as discuss the extent to which a map simplifies knowledge.