EXPANSION DIFFUSION

CONTAGIOUS DIFFUSION

• Wide spread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population

HIERARACHICAL DIFFUSION

• Spread from a person of authority to other persons and places

RELOCATION DIFFUSION

• Spread of an idea through physical movement from one place to another

STIMULUS DIFFUSION

• Underlying principal of a characteristic spread although characteristic fails

FORMAL REGION

• Everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristic

FUNCTIONAL REGION

• Area organized around a focal point that dominates at the cenrtal

PERCEPTUAL REGION

• Area defined by subjective perception that reflects the feelings and images of a place

GLOABLIZATION

• Act of extending to other parts of the world

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

• Information gathered to create layers of information to make a map

REMOTE SENSING

• The aquisation of earths surface from a satelite

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

• Set of satelites used to determine a location anywhere on earths surface

ONLINE MAPS

• Process of using maps delivered by geographical systems

CENSUS DATA

• Official survey of a population

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

• Photograph taken from an aircraft

SATELITE PHOTOGRAPHY

• Images captured by satellite