Describe the absolute location of the red balloon markert hat Google Earth used to take you to this place.Why do you think this specific location was chosen to represent the entire place?

ASSIGNMENT ONEAppreciating place from a digital perspectiveGeographically referenced digital information, and the technologiesthat utilize such data,are fundamentally alteringthe ways in which we experience and relate toplace.In this assignment, we will consider the ways in which digital information about the earth’s surface may be used to represent places, including those we may never have visited.Using Google Earth,find eachof the following places:

1.Mutitjulu,Australia;

2.La Isabela,Dominican Republic;

3.Kijong-dong, North Korea;

4.Akokan, Niger;

5.Pacentro, Italy.

Use the features of Google Earth to ‘explore’ each place from various distances and vantage points. For instance, try ‘zooming’ in and out for different perspectives, and see if ‘street view’ is available at eachsite.

You should also try turningdifferent layers on and off. Next, choose any one place and complete the following set of instructions:

1.Describe the absolute location of the red balloon markert hat Google Earth used to take you to this place.Why do you think this specific location was chosen to represent the entire place?(2 marks)

2.Describe the relative location (i.e., site and situation) of the place.(2 marks)

3.How accessible is the place to other nearby places?(2 marks)

4.What is your “sense” of the place (e.g., what is your general impression of its appearance, what is most interesting about it)?(4 marks)You are not requiredto referenceany published sources to complete the assignment.

 

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