GEOGRAPHYTOOLS

Unit 4

TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

Geographers use a variety of technology in their job each day.

Left side of notes:

How has technology impacted mapmaking throughout history?

Right side of notes:Your Prediction

What is the difference?Do they make it easier or harder to understand

geography?

Globe Map

A model of the Earth in the shape of a sphere

A representation of a part of the Earth

Would you like a job like this?Why or why not?

Cartographer SurveyorGeographer who

creates mapsA person who

measures land

What items that you use daily require this technology?

Remote Sensing Landsat

Obtaining information about a site by using an instrument that is not physically in contact with the site.

A series of information- gathering satellites that orbit above the Earth.

How do these tools not only help geographers?

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

A system that uses a network of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint a location.

A computer internet-based mapping technology.

VIDEO EXPLANATION

GPS Video Clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi_3XwkA8cQ

GIS Video Clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mCDUf08YLg

Benefits and draw backs to Technology

How have these resources helped us understand the world?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xpDlZZIyDQ&feature=related

Are we too dependent on technology?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXM_g3mqew

A Day In The Life of a Land Surveyor

What do you think makes this job interesting?

What makes this job challenging?How do they improve our world?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_X3dqDRXhM