Remoteness Areas divide Australia into five classes of remoteness on the basis of a measure of relative access to services. Access to services are measured using the Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+) based on the Census of Population and Housing and produced by the Hugo Centre for Population and Housing. An ARIA+ 2016 Demonstration …
Hillshading on The Isle of Arran
Hillshading is: "the process of adding light and dark areas or shading to a map to highlight the location of hills or mountains." Hillshading uses light and dark areas to highlight where sunlight would hit and where shadows would form in the presence of hills and mountains. It can be derived from a Digital Elevation …
Scotland’s Less Accessible Locations
In terms of transport geography, accessibility is defined as: "the measure of the capacity of a location to be reached from, or to be reached by, different locations." This definition implies that distances between locations vary and therefore some locations are less accessible than others. A common less accessible location is one that is furthest from …
What is a Map?
A great new series called Crash Course Geography has started on the CrashCourse YouTube channel. Episode #2 discusses what a map is. https://youtu.be/iHEMOdRo5u8
Cartography, Politics and Society
As a contribution to Geography Awareness Week, I'm publishing something I wrote over twenty years a go in 1997. It may still be of interest and value. Introduction "I demand true maps, as soon as can be." - General Mirov Watson, I (1992 p.28) "Don’t you realise? Our maps are all lies! Deliberate lies, distortions. …