AP®︎ Human Geography: Topic 1.2 Flashcards

Information tied to a location, commonly combining spatial or locational information about where something is with attribute information about its characteristics

Data collected directly for a particular investigation, with the investigator controlling at least part of the collection process

Data originally collected by someone else and reused for a new investigation or purpose

Direct collection or verification of information at a location through observations, counts, measurements, surveys, interviews, photographs, field notes, or coordinate recording

An organized attempt to collect standardized information from every member or household of a population

A survey of a selected part of a population used to represent the larger population

Written, visual, or measured records made while investigating a place, including where, when, and under what conditions observations occurred

News, broadcasts, websites, and other media accounts used as sources of information about events and places

Travelers’ journals, diaries, memoirs, guidebooks, and other descriptions used as evidence about places, routes, and perceptions

Laws, plans, regulations, zoning codes, reports, and proposals showing how organizations classify, regulate, or intend to change space

Questions asked of people to gather their experiences, knowledge, perceptions, and explanations about places or geographic processes

The use of visible natural features and human modifications as evidence about land use, settlement, culture, and change

Analyzing visible clues in photographs or images, such as shape, pattern, texture, shadow, location, and association, to identify geographic features

Technologies that collect, locate, store, analyze, or display data connected to Earth’s surface

A computer-based system that stores, manages, analyzes, and displays geographically referenced data as comparable spatial layers

A system that uses timed signals from orbiting satellites to calculate a receiver’s location, usually as latitude and longitude and sometimes elevation

The United States’ satellite navigation system, commonly used to calculate and record a receiver’s location

Collecting information about Earth’s surface from a distance, without direct contact, using sensors on satellites, aircraft, or drones

The size of the area represented by each image cell; finer spatial resolution reveals smaller features

How often a remote-sensing system records the same location

Web-based or networked platforms that let users search for places, select layers, change displays, obtain directions, examine imagery, and interact with mapped spatial information

Geographic data contributed by users, such as place names, road reports, geotagged photographs, or observations added to collaborative maps

Using multiple independent sources or methods to examine the same condition and strengthen geographic evidence

Using field evidence to verify interpretations made from remotely sensed imagery or mapped data