Contemporary Mapping Tools Essential Questions: What does it mean to think geographically and spatially? How can geographic technology affect me? Big understanding: GIS and other contemporary mapping technology and tools are changing and continue to change our world and how we look at it
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Contemporary Mapping Tools
Essential Questions:
What does it mean to think geographically and spatially?
How can geographic technology affect me?
Big understanding:
GIS and other contemporary mapping technology and tools are changing and continue to change our
world and how we look at it
Reminder: Mental Mapping
● Mental mapping: An individualized representation of different aspects of Earth's surface
– Ex. the layout of your bedroom (local)
– Ex. the distribution of oceans and continents across Earth (global)
● Mix of precise knowledge about the location of geographic features as well as impressions of places, rough estimates of size and location, and a general sense of the connections between places
Contemporary Mapping vs. Mental Mapping
● Mental mapping uses individualized perceptions
– Found in your own head
● Contemporary mapping tools use precise information about geographic features
– Found using computerized, advanced technology
● Both types of mapping help us understand the Earth
● There are three types of contemporary mapping tools we will explore
1. Mashups
● Mashups: Maps with overlaying data layers– Examples of layers: streets, McDonald's
locations, population density, hotels, sea level, bike lanes
● Imagine being able to search for McDonald's locations near bike lanes or hotels near the street you are standing on...