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| location in relation to other places. |
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| A method of projecting maps of parts of the earth's spherical surface on a surrounding cone, which is then flattened to a plane surface having concentric circles as parallels of latitude and radiating lines from the apex as meridians. |
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| relying on one another for goods, services, and ideas. |
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| A line on a map that joins points of equal elevation |
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| The Robinson projection is a widely-used type of map in which the Earth is shown within an ellipse with a flat top and bottom. In this pseudocylindrical. projection, lines of latitude are parallel to the equator, but lines of latitude are elliptical arcs. In a Robinson projection, area is represented accurately, but the distances and compass directions are distorted |
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| human-environment interaction |
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| the study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment. |
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| pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another. |
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| Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map, indicating their relative positions and elevations. |
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| A cylindrical map projection in which the meridians and parallels of latitude appear as lines crossing at right angles and in which areas appear greater farther from the equator. |
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| ISC’s Saskatchewan General Purpose Map integrates with the Geographic Information System (GIS) to give you a single source for complete and accurate information about the province of Saskatchewan. ISC’s General Purpose Map contains the following attributes: |
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