Geography A-Level
Geospatial technology
What Geospatial technology means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Geospatial technology
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Reference: AQA
Modern technologies used to interpret geo-located data and digital imagery such as satellite photographs or GIS outputs.
Topics that use Geospatial technology
- Core skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Annotation
- Electronic overlays
- Fieldwork ethics
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Primary data collection
- Qualitative methods
- Sampling strategies
- Spatial correlations
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