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| absolute direction | Direction related to cardinal directions: North, South, East, West |
| absolute distance | the shortest path between two points measured in a standard unit of length |
| absolute location | exact position of an object or location using spatial coordinates or a grid system |
| accessibility | the ease at which one destination may be reached from another |
| concentration | clustering of a phenomenom around a point |
| connectivity | all of the tangible and intangible means of connection and communication between two places |
| cultural landscape | the natural landscape modified by human activites |
| density | the quantity of anything divided by area (square miles ususally) |
| dispersion | a statement of the amount of spread: clustered, concentrated, agglomerated, dispersed, scattered |
| formal region | a region that has uniformity of at least one characteristic: deserts are fromal in that all parts have an annual precipitation less than 16 inches |
| functional region | a region defined by interactions that occur within it, and not a uniformity of a phenomenom, aslo these regions often have a core and a periphery: trade regions |
| GIS | computer systems that are designed to work with earths locational data |
| globalization | increasing interconnectedness of earths places and locations |
| mental map | map like image or idea carried in a person's mind |
| model | an idealized representation/simulation of reality |
| natural landscape | the physical landscape not affected by humans |
| nodal region | a region defined by interactions that occur within it, and not a uniformity of a phenomenom, aslo these regions often have a core and a periphery: trade regions |
| pattern | the design or arrangement of objects on earth: centralized, linear, random |
| perceptual region | a region that is percieved to exist by its inhabitants, but has no definite boundaries: midwest |
| projection | a systematic/mathematical way of transfering the curved earth surface onto a flat surface |
| region | any area of the earth with distinct characteristics that set it off from the surrounding areas on the earths surface: michigan |
| regional concept | the view that physical and cultural phenomena on the earths surface are rationally arranged by complex, diverse, interrelated spatial processes |
| relative direction | a culturally based locational reference: old south, far west, middle east |
| relative distance | a measure of distance not by the shortest path but by any path, often measured in units that are not standard to length |
| relative location | the position of a place in relation to other places |
| remote sensing | the process of obtaining an image of an area without being in direct contact with the area |
| scale | size of the area studied (local/global); or the ratio of a map to its actual land area |
| site | absolute location described by physical or cultural characteristices, most often physical. |
| situation | the relative location of a place described by the region or regions it is contained by or surrounded by |
| spatial diffusion | the spread or movement of something over space or through time |
| spatial distribution | the arrangement of objects on the earth's surface: cand be described using: density, disperesion, or pattern |
| spatial interaction | the movement of people, goods, or ideas bewtween places: also a measure of the interdependece of two places: I = pp/d^2 |
| spatial system | the arrangement and integrated operation of phenomena produced or responding to spatial processes on the earth's surface |
| uniform region | a region that has uniformity of at least one characteristic: deserts are fromal in that all parts have an annual precipitation less than 16 inches |
