Chapter 1, Section 1

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Two concerns that cartographers have when they select a map are finding a location to map and deciding how much detail they want in it. This is because on some standard versions of maps, some areas are more distorted than others, for instance the Mercator projection is more distorted towards the poles than most others, so that would not be the logical projection to use when mapping places like southern Argentenia. Knowing how much detail the cartographer wants in it is just as important because this will affect how large the projection will need to be as well as how much he will need to space between certain areas to show things like names of lakes clearly.
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On a typical urban area map, two physical features might be plains or woodland areas. Human-man features may include buildings and streets. And if the projection shows the edges of cities, borders and city names could also be found on an urban area map.
Creative Writing:
If I were to be a city planner looking for areas to put elementary schools, I would want to put several forms of data into my GIS. I would start by finding out how much children would be eligible to go to elementary schools in all areas that might be used the site to find out how many students that school could plan on receiving and to find areas that would be easily to accessible to most of those possible students. Next, I would attempt to find the amount of adults with teaching credentials to see how many adults would be able to teach in that area. I would also want to check the area for negative influences, such as possible gang or other criminal activity to assure that the students attending the school would not would not be influenced by that kind of life style.