Geography A-Level
Digital cartography
What Digital cartography means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Digital cartography
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Reference: AQA
Presenting findings through interactive digital maps that are dynamic, easily updatable and highly visual, with layers that can be toggled on and off.
Topics that use Digital cartography
- Qualitative skills and quantitative skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Construction of place
- Data coding
- Data overlay and analysis
- Data representation and bias
- Ethics and positionality
- Fieldwork methodology
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Human communities and vulnerability
Using Digital cartography in the exam
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