bookbag/src/2018/Fall/GEOG 380/3-notes.mdx

A place to store my notes.

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# Types of Maps

## Notes from 9/28

## 📕 Vocabulary

| **Word**         | **Definition**  |
| ---------------- | ----------------|
| Spatialization   | DEFINITION      |
| Scale   | DEFINITION      |
| Map Distance   | DEFINITION      |
| Earth Distance   | DEFINITION      |


## 🤔 Things to Remember

| **Item**   |      
| ---------------- |
| Purple paper is due on Friday |

*What is a map?*

*What do maps do?*

*Mapping, technology, and society*

*Maps, spaces, and externalizations*

## Scale (As a Map Element)

- Necessary when map is used for measurement.

### What is Scale?

- Representation of distance on map relative to distance on the earth.

- Relationship of map distance (MD) to distance on the earth (ED)

### Why is Scale Important?

- Level of detail.
- Calculation of sizes (distances, areas, and volumes)
- Differences in sizes [---]

### Verbal Scale

- Uses `=` sign, read as "represents" or "to". Units different.
- Left side (MD): units appropriate to measuring on map; whole number or round decimal.
- Right side (ED): units appropriate to measuring on the earth; whole number, decimal or fraction.
- Commonly used by architects & planners
- Example: 3 inches = 1 mile