Geography A-Level
Spatial interaction
What Spatial interaction means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Spatial interaction
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Reference: AQA
The movement of people, goods, or information, whose scale can be assessed by analysing maps showing movement.
Topics that use Spatial interaction
- Cartographic skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Choropleth maps
- Desire lines
- Dot maps
- Geographical relationships
- Isobars
- Isoline maps
- Scale
- Spatial distribution
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