The map presented is a map of California. The map shows roads, highways, regions of water, islands, street names, and landmarks. The map is from 2016. It was produced by Color-Art. INC. If I were to use this map in class I believe that it would fit into chapter 1 (Basic concepts). In chapter one we talk about GIS( Geographic information system) which is a system that layers sections for a map, in the map shown it must've used a GIS, because they would start out with the land mass, then the next layer would be the highways, then the roads, and finally the street names and landmarks. Chapter one also talks about scale,the scale on the map is one inch=.85 miles. Finally, the chapter talks about projections, the map shows is a Mercator projection. …show more content…
A very obvious colors on the map is blue which is represented to show a body of water. The green on the map is meant to represent parks and reservations. The green is scattered around the map, helping the reader understand that there are many parks scattered around California. The yellow is for urban areas, the yellow spots give you a good idea of where major cities are for people to visit. Black is used for roads, borders, and place names. The use of colors shows borders of the California, and it also shows contact regions. A thick yellow line is used to represent the border between California and Nevada to the east; and California and Oregon to the north. These borders lines and colors help the reader get a fell for how large the state is, and how close to the next state. The contact regions are represented by white dots. The cartographer has used lines to shows many different things on the map. Some of which are highways,roads,boundaries. The lines on the map really help the person get a better sense of where they currently are, and where they going. If someone was lost they would be able to use the lines on the map to help them find the nearest road, highway, or The thickest lines are green and are used to represent interstate highways. A thick yellow line is used to represent boundaries. A thick black line is used to represent in state highways. A thin black line is used to represent
During the late 1840's California did not show much promise or security. It had an insecure political future, its economic capabilities were severely limited and it had a population, other than Indians, of less than three thousand people. People at this time had no idea of what was to come of the sleepy state in the coming years. California would help boost the nation's economy and entice immigrants to journey to this mystical and promising land in hopes of striking it rich.
I can expand on the article by discussing why these maps mattered to explorers and how they serve as a metaphor for latter -day California. As for me, I'm an
Maps altered, the American flag’s design changed and California ceases to be the third largest state in the United States of America. This would be caused not by a dramatic earthquake or natural disaster; instead by a proposition from Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Timothy Draper, who believes California is too large as a political body. In December of 2013 Draper submitted an initiative measure to the state proposing California be broken into six separate states that more accurately represent the politics and values of each area. To summarize part of Draper’s government initiative, America’s most populated state, California, has a population almost six times more than population median of the other states. But a large amount of the population is in urban and coastal areas. California has extremely large and vastly different economies, of course a result of that diversity is that the representation in politics has made the state almost ungovernable (Draper). Draper plans on carving California into the following states: Jefferson which will be at the northernmost edge of California and take some of Oregon with it, North California will stretch from Tahoe to Napa, Silicon Valley will encompass San Francisco and cities around it, Central California will be the only state without coastline, West California will be Los Angeles, and Southern California will be the southern tip and San Diego. With all these different states the plan is for each state to be very different and to allow people to choose the state they like the politics of. However, encouraging it might seem to have a government more accurately tailored to one’s way of life; it would not change the fact that this split would be an astronomically expensive decision and cou...
California was an exciting place to experience knowing that I could go to all of these ecosystems in one trip. Driving down the interstate you could see these gigantic mountains above the city of Fresno. Also one thing I noticed was how much of California is actually just farm land. The view above the plane was full of fields that were in perfect squares for farming. Realizing this I was actually shocked because I never knew how much of California is actually used for farming. Usually in movies you see, that are based in California, there are beaches and an ocean. Being in the western United States for the first time I was surprised also by how much desert there actually is. I’ve always heard people mess around and call California the land of “Fruit and Nuts” but it’s actually true. California leads the country in producing most of nuts in America and some fruits like strawberries and
California has a total of 263,696 square miles, with a 4.7 percent of water. Its population today would be 38,340,000 estimated that is, with a household income of 61,021 US dollars. California’s capital would be Sacramento and its largest city is Los Angeles. It was first settled by various Native American Tribes before being explored by European expeditions which were throughout the 16th & 17th centuries. Later as time past by it was claimed by the Spanish Empire as part of Alta California. Alta became apart of Mexico in 1821 which followed its successful war for independence, but was later able to successfully be ceded to the United in 1848 after the Mexican American War. Its western portion of Alta California was soon organized as the state of California. After that the gold rush had started in 48 which led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with the large immigration from the United States.
The Vinland Map is believed to predate Christopher Columbus’ expedition by almost 50 years as it has realistic cartography of the island of Vinland, thought to be a part of Canada or even Northeastern America. The map could potentially provide evidence that the Norse explorers were the first Europeans to visit America and map it. However, there is doubt surrounding the origins and age of the map. These issues have divided scientists into two groups devoted to proving the authenticity or lack thereof of the map. Recent research has used several chemical analyses which have examined specifically the paper and the ink present on the map. The most recent methods used to test the map have been carbon dating and Raman spectroscopy. It is thought that the map was written on paper which has origins in pre-Columbus days. However, several analyses of the ink have revealed the presence of anatase, a form of TiO 2, which was not developed until the first part of the 20 th Century. This clearly would contradict the evidence that the paper is authentic. However, these two claims do not necessarily contradict one another.
Historical geographer JB Harley wrote an essay on Map Deconstruction in 1989, in which Harley argues that a map is more than just a geographical representation of an area, his theory is that we need to look at a map not just as a geographical image but in its entire context. Harley points out that by an examination of the social structures that have influenced map making, that we may gain more knowledge about the world. The maps social construction is made from debate about what it should show. Harley broke away from the traditional argument about maps and examined the biases that govern the map and the map makers, by looking at what the maps included or excluded. Harley’s “basic argument within this essay is that we should encourage an epistemological shift in the way we interpret the nature of cartography.” Therefore Harley’s aim within his essay on ‘Deconstructing the Map’ was to break down the assumed ideas of a map being a purely scientific creation.
The state that I had picked out for this assignment is California. What is the plate tectonic setting of your chosen state? What natural resources are mined or extracted there? What erosional or depositional settings such as, mountains to coast found in your state? Also, what is the geologic history of your state? All that and more will be discussed in the following text.
In the novel, maps are used to symbolically create division between the citizens while controlling where a person can live. Furthermore, maps were created as a form of control in which society decides where I person can live. An example is when Bursum
A map projection is defined as “a geometrical transformation of the earth’s spherical or ellipsodial surface onto a flat map surface.” Although many things have been written about these projections, people still find this subject to be one of the most contraversial aspects of map use. Many professionals admit that they don’t completely understand map projections. This shortcoming unfortunately can have consequenes. First, it hinders their abilty to understand to understand the international relationships in the global society. Second, it can make easy prey for poliatcians, advertisers, and others who lack understanding or use the map projections in deceptive ways.
Map was used to find the route or location; later on it changes into many different types, for example- country boundary, population, climate, bomb range, etc. “Humans have created maps depicting their physical world since the Paleolithic Era. Approximately 25,000 years ago, Paleolithic hunter-gathers in present-day Czech Republic drew a map of local rivers and hills on a cave wall,” (Hyder 1). Map is very useful to locate something or know something about the world. In the map above shows the remaining 26 monarchies around the world. This map help us to know where are the location of the monarch countries and which country don’t have monarchy.
Map of location- For better directions, do not forget to include maps the local and nearby areas. In the wilderness, you need to know where exactly you are and where you are heading to. In the disaster situations, the usual landmarks may not be available and hence maps become very handy and helpful.
The theory of having data behind a map dates back Pre 200AD but it wasn't until the early computer era of the 1960s to the 1960s that maps where able to be investigate, like that of a business could use to understand why sales were declining. The Canadian Geographic Information System (CGIS) is one of the earliest types of GIS to progress and since the mid 1960s, is still in use today. The CGIS used the information from data to produce results to be used in developing land management plans. This paved way for the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) in 1969 to begin developing GIS software to be accessible by corporations, non-profit organizations, and the government. Today, the ESRI are the lead distributor in GIS software having more than 100,000 client sites world wide and establishing the representation of GIS software.
Humans have used maps since ancient times; they have been the tool of explorers, politicians, armies, and navigators. Throughout recorded history, we can see endless examples of maps being used to depict a part of the earth, giving people a visual illustration of their surroundings. While maps are useful in finding out where a place is, they are merely a representation. In the late 19th century, a French photographer named Felix Tournachon decided to use a recent invention, the camera, to create a new kind of map. Using a hot-air balloon, Tournachon hoisted his camera into the sky and took a photograph of the ground. What resulted was the first known remotely sensed image of the earth’s surface, a simple photograph showing a birds-eye view of the photographer’s surroundings (NASA). The advent of this new technology revolutionized not only map-making, but the way humans see the earth. Where once there were only drawings of where a place is, now it was possible to not only see where a place is,...
Geography is the study of earth’s landscapes, people, places, and environments. We study geography to understand the basic physical systems that affect our daily lives. The first theme I am going to go over in this essay is Location. Location is a particular place or position. We use Location for directions using the GPS on our phones or a map in our car. We use it to find a restaurant or mall. If people are giving directions the do not use location, but they use place i’ll expand more on that in the next paragraph. If you were giving somebody directions using a location you would probably be giving them coordinates. For example if I were telling someone where the walmart is I would say what the address of my walmart is in my area.