Cultural Geography - Introduction

Location

• Nominal location
  
  
• Relative location
  
  
• Absolute location

Latitude and Longitude (geographic grid system)

• How would you describe a location on a ball?
  • Greeks developed localized grid system for round world!
    
    
• latitude - also known as "Parallels"
  • Angle from center to poles
  • One degree divided into minutes & second only
    
    • example = 38° 47' 30" N

• longitude - also known as "Meridians"
  • Prime Meridian
    • Greenwich, England
    • example = 121° 12' 30" W

Longitude and Time

• International Date Line
  • Opposite side of Prime Meridian
  • Heading West to lapse into next day

Distribution

• Density
  • Arithmetic density
    
    
• Concentration
  • see ( Earth lights from Space)
    
    
• Patterns - Jet traffic