After reading Chapter 1, you should be able to:
- Define geography and physical geography in particular.
- Describe systems analysis, open and closed systems, feedback information, and systems operations, and relate those concepts to Earth systems.
- Explain Earth's reference grid: latitude, longitude, latitudinal geographic zones, and time.
- Define cartography and mapping basics: map scale and map projections.
- Describe remote sensing and explain geographic information system (GIS) methodology as a tool used in geographic analysis.
