2D or 3D interactive maps that allow people to zoom in or out to see data in ways that was previously impossible

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Satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features.

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A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the area or object of study, such as satelites

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A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

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An action, policy, program or law that is driven by the community members, and that affects local factors that can influence the lives of those in the community (can be lead by government or non-government organizations (NGOs))

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The process of describing and interpreting the landscape ecology of an area.

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the act of physically visiting a location, place, or region and recording, firsthand, information there

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Identifies the geographic location of features and boundaries on Earth, such as natural or constructed features, oceans, and more

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Taking images of the earth from elevated positions as a means of gathering geographic data

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the study of geographic phenomena by visiting places and observing how people interact with and thereby change those places

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considers the arrangement of the phenomena being studied across the surface of the earth

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The physical gap or interval between two objects

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The position of anything on Earth's surface.

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A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic, the uniqueness of a location

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an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features

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The physical character of a place

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the location of a place relative to other places

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The feeling that an area has a distinct and meaningful character

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The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.

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through processes such as globalization time is accelerated and the significance of space is reduced (things feel closer and communication is easier even though people and places are physically far away)

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the movement of peoples, ideas, and commodities between different places

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the direction that interaction occurs in

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A measure of how much absolute distance affects the interaction between two places, the farther away the weaker the connection

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The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

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The relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another feature.

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Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

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A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

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A resource that cannot be remade quickly or cannot be remade at all

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meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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Various ways humans use the land such as agricultural, industrial, residential, or recreational

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The man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from personal shelter to neighborhoods to the large-scale civic surroundings.

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the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape

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The multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and the natural environment

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A doctrine that claims that cultural traits are formed and controlled by environmental conditions.

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the theory that the environment sets certain constraints or limitations, but culture is otherwise determined by social conditions.

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