Geography A-Level
Geographical enquiry
What Geographical enquiry means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Geographical enquiry
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Reference: AQA
An investigation for which appropriate electronic databases are selected to source secondary data.
Topics that use Geographical enquiry
- ICT skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Geographic Information Systems
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Statistical analysis
- Big data
- Crowd sourcing
- Data reliability
- Remotely sensed data
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