exploring primate cities with google earth
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Exploring Primate Cities with Google Earth. What is a Primate City?. Answer: A city whose population is at least twice that of the next largest city in its country Also the cultural, economic, or political center of a country . Istanbul, Turkey. London, England. Paris, France. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Exploring Primate Cities with Google Earth
What is a Primate City?
• Answer: A city whose population is at least twice that of the next largest city in its country
Also the cultural, economic, or political center of a country Istanbul, Turkey London, England
Paris, France
Examples
How can we find every Primate City in the world?
• List all countries in the world– List all cities in each country– Find the population of each city– For each country, calculate
Primate City Ratio: largest city / second largest city• Instead…
City and Country Info
City Population Data
Primate Cities
Visualizing Primate Cities in Google Earth
Your Task
1. Choose a partner 2. Choose a primate city– Family lives there, or you are from there– You have visited– You would like to visit – Or, you know nothing about
3. Use Google Earth to explore why your city has become a primate city- Site- Situation- Draw or attraction
Physical features, landforms, climate, vegetation, availability of water, …
The location of a place relative to its surroundings…
Cultural, economic, administrative centers …
Example: Kathmandu as a Primate City
Site: In a valley around Himalayan mountain range (+ 20,000 ft)
Situation: Sits along an ancient trade route between India and Tibet
Visualizing Population with Cartograms
186,410
790,612
Use Google Earth to Mark Important Places in Your City
• Mark important places that indicate site, situation, draw/attraction
• Create a tour of your city
How to place a landmark
How to add a caption to a landmark
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How to change a landmark’s color
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