Representing Earth’s Surface
Dec 19, 2015
Representing Earth’s Surface
Verbal/Literary Representations• Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle”
Frederick Church’s 19th Century Painting and a 20th Century Photograph –
Natural Bridge, VA
The Hudson River School – Kaaterskill Clove, NY
Thomas Cole
Ascher Durand
Field Photograph –Eastern Catskills
Topographic Map –Eastern Catskills
Photograph from ISS –Southern Hudson Valley
Google Earth
• Computerized manipulation of– Satellite images– Digital elevation models (GIS)– Topographic maps– Field Photographs