| A | B |
|---|
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| Geography | the Science of Place and Space |
| Geospatial | data and technologies that allowone to explore Geographic problems |
| Thematic Maps | used to showcase geographic data observations, associated with storytelling |
| Reference maps | frequently called basemaps |
| Map Projections | required to Transforming locations from the 3D earth to a 2D map |
| Geotag | process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media |
| Metadata | data that describes other data. Meta is a prefix that in most information technology usages means "an underlying definition or description." |
| Latitude and Longitude | most commonly is the geographic coordinate system |
| Goode Homolosine | orange peel map projection |
| big data | extremely large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behavior and interactions. |
| Tapestry segment | divides US residential areas into 65 distinctive segments based on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics to provide an accurate, detailed description of US neighborhoods. |
| ecoregion | a major ecosystem defined by distinctive geography and receiving uniform solar radiation and moisture. |
| population density | Measure of the intensity of land use, expressed as number of people per square kilometer or square mile. |
