Mapping and GPS Concepts

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Political effects and consequences of mapping and GIS

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Focus on gerrymandering

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Global Positioning Systems

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Review of GPS

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How GPS works

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Explanation of GPS technical characteristics

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Types of GPS error

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Explanation of different GPS errors

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Improving GPS accuracy

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Ways to enhance GPS accuracy

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In Wisconsin, Political party A won over 50% of the votes for the state legislature in the election.

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Political party A received a majority of the votes in the state legislature election.

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In the same election, political party B won over 66% of the seats in the state legislature, a super-majority.

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Political party B secured a super-majority by winning over 66% of the seats in the state legislature.

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Similar numbers are apparent in many other U.S. states and even in the U.S. House of Representatives as a whole in the 2012 election.

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The 2012 election showed similar voting and seat distribution patterns in many U.S. states and the House of Representatives.

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Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494

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The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between Spain and Portugal in 1494 to divide the newly discovered lands outside Europe.

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Berlin Conference, 1884-85

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The Berlin Conference regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.