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| The identification of place by some precise and accepted system of coordinates |
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| The position of a place in relation to that of other places or activities |
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| An absolute location concept, refers to the physical and cultural characteristics and attributes of the place itself |
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| Refers to the external relations of a locale |
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| Based on the cardinal points of north, south, east, and west |
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| A culturally based locational reference, as the Far West, the Old South, or the Middle East |
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| Shortest path separation between two places measured on a standard unit of length |
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| Transformation of absolute distance into such relative measures as time or monetary costs |
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| The mathematical relationship between the size of an area on a map and the actual size of the mapped area on the surface of the earth |
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| The physical environment unaffected by human activities |
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| The natural landscape as modified by human activities and bearing the imprint of a culture group or society |
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| The movement (e.g., of people, goods, info) between different places |
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| The relative ease with which a destination may be reached from other locations |
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| The directness of routes linking pars of places; an indication of the degree of internal connection in a transport network |
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| The process of dispersion of an idea or an item from a center of origin to more distant points with which it is directly or indirectly connected |
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| A reference to the increasing interconnection of all parts of the world as the full range of social, cultural, political, and economic processes becomes international in scale and effect |
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| The arrangement of things on the earth's surface |
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| The measure of the number or quantity of anything within a defined unit of area |
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| A statement of the amount of spread of a phenomenon over area or around a central location |
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| The clustering of a phenomenon around a central location |
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| The geometric arrangement of objects in space |
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| Earth areas that display significant elements of internal uniformity and external difference from surrounding territories |
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| The view that physical and cultural phenomenon on the surface of the earth are rationally arranged by complex, diverse, but comprehensible interrelated spatial processes |
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| A region distinguished by uniformity of one or more characteristics that can serve as the basis for areal generalization and of contrast with adjacent areas |
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| A region differentiated by what occurs within it rather than by a homogeneity of physical or cultural phenomenon |
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| A region perceived to exist by its inhabitants or the general populace |
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| A systematic method of transferring the globe grid system from the earth's curved surface to the flat surface or map |
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| Any of several techniques of obtaining images of an area or object without having the sensor in direct physical contact with it, as by aerial photography or satellite sensors |
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| Geographic Information System (GIS) |
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| Integrated computer programs for handling, processing, and analyzing data specifically referenced to the surface of the earth |
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| The map-like image of the world, country, region, city, or neighborhood a person carries in mind |
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| The arrangement and integrated operation of phenomena produced by or responding to spatial processes on the earth's surface |
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| An idealized representation, abstraction, or simulation of reality |
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