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
- 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
- Concentration
- Patterns
- Jet traffic