Information Age, All Share A Common Underlying Purpose

These maps show different elevation points, contours, mountains, valleys, bodies of water, and vegetation. You can only find the elevation and contour information on a topographic map, which makes it different from any other map. People use topographic maps for many different things. One reason people use topographic maps is for hiking. It helps people locate trails, and find there way back to where they started. Contour lines show the different elevations of the landscape. It also shows how steep the slope of the elevations are. Contour lines only show certain elevations. The lines are evenly spaced apart. It makes reading the map a lot easier to do, because it is not as

Instead of maps we use navigation systems, which tell us where to go and what the

3. Organizing geographic information: Once collected, geographic information should be organized and displayed in ways that help analysis and interpretation; these range from the visual and graphical (e.g., maps, graphs, diagrams, tables) to the written (e.g., essays, paragraphs, pertinent quotes, tables) (NGS).

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.

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

Maps are extremely important for studying the environment because of their significance with time. They can help explain weather patterns such as water and sun cycles as well understand how these impact upon our environment. Maps can help us understand how earth’s resources are divided amongst space and how these can be better managed. Finally, maps can help us understand the places we live in with regards to the physical features which can help us function more effectively.

Cartography is the science of creating maps. In recent news, a new study has found that many Canadian maps are drawn incorrectly. The maps combined two completely different islands and also contained incorrect references of three different provinces. Anderson Vacations, distributor of these incorrect maps, has since issued two apologies to the public.

Before understanding why geography tools are important, know what they are. There are many different types of maps. Physical, climate, economic, topographical, political, road, and many more. Things such as an atlas, globe, aerial photographs, satellite photograph, graphs, and GIS systems are also important in a geographer's line of work. A GIS is a computer program

We’ve covered physical and political features such as major rivers, mountain ranges, and most powerful countries. All places discussed during our history lessons, routine conversations, and news stories also are pointed to on a map.

Seventeenth century maps may seem to be simple drawing but they had a big impact on explorers and traders of the time. The expansion of trade and colonization of the New World brought the need of accurate maps to help empires control as much as the world as possible. During the Age of Exploration these maps were important to explorers trader ships to navigate the seas to the new world and its colonies (Dempsey, Caitlin)

Laura Hebert argues the maps have to distort reality because it is hard to represent our sphere planet onto a flat surface like a map. This shows it’s not possible to perfectly represent the Earth because the Earth is a three-dimensional object yet, maps show the Earth on a two-dimensional surface.

Chapter eight goes into detail on how to use geography to connect people and places. Maxim states, “Geography is described as an integrative discipline that bring together the physical and human dimensions of the world in the study of people, places, and environment” (Maxim, 2014, p. 336). I really enjoyed reading about how maps model our world. It is so important for students to know what a map is and how to use it. There are many skills to teach students when using a map. Secondly, I liked the representing the world through informal block play. This activity involves a lot of hands-on materials. The students can use the different materials to create their own world. I feel this is meaning for students to be able to build their own geographical world. However, it is also necessary to teach our students the symbols of the map (Maxim, 2014, p. 359). It is best to teach students these symbols at an early age. The three different symbols are point symbols, line symbols, and area symbols. The point symbols are signs, dots, and triangles used to represent place or positional data such as a city (Maxim, 2014, p. 360). The line

In the beginning of November 2016, my junior year, our CIS Geography class received our quarter project, a map of the world. We were given a list of physical features to be included on our maps: rivers, lakes, islands, mountain ranges, seas, oceans, etc. The map was also required to include all seven continents and a key that showed distinctions in the different physical

Students making charts and making their own maps with symbols can help them understand distance between places and the reading takes place when they are able to understand, read and follow the maps they have made. Students are able to learn more about the cities they live in and understand the natural resources that are within their reach*. The background knowledge of maps can be enhanced by bringing in actual maps of the state of Arizona, as well as other places so the students could experience and see firsthand the materials or maps that were used way long ago before the wonderful world of technology took over and made everything digital.

Today is the age of technology and information from around the world awaits for you online. It’s uploaded to the cloud, and it sits there, just waiting for someone to pull it from its cyber-slumber. ZAP. In an instant you are able to access almost any bit of information you could possibly want. The everyday life of many has morphed into something entirely new. What our lives consist of are things that were once unimaginable to mankind. Instragram pictures, YouTube videos, Snapchats and Facebook posts are the new form of communication that we have adapted. The previous generations had much simpler lives with a more minimalist lifestyle that lacked the unnecessary luxuries we have today.Somewhere in time, we progressed from a moderate lifestyle to something rapacious. Technology has managed to speed up the process in which we live our lives and how we function on a day to day basis. Processes that would have taken us days before, only take seconds now. For example, contacting a relative or friend that live states away, can be reached within minutes by sending a text. Now, from a certain perspective, one may view this as a positive. (Who doesn’t want a little more free time, right?) The issue of this is not that we have free time, it is the deep rooted dependency that we have on technology. With each passing generation we become more and more accustomed to technology, which we have allowed to engulf us. We have become one with the cellphone and laptop we use daily. We are