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Technical geography is the branch of geography that involves using, studying, and creating tools to obtain, analyze, interpret, understand, and communicate spatial information.[1][2][3]
The other branches of geography, most commonly limited to human geography and physical geography, can usually apply the concepts and techniques of technical geography.[2][3][4] However, the methods and theory are distinct, and a technical geographer may be more concerned with the technological and theoretical concepts than the nature of the data.[5][6] Further, a technical geographer may explore the relationship between the spatial technology and the end users to improve upon the technology and better understand the impact of the technology on human behavior.[7] Thus, the spatial data types a technical geographer employs may vary widely, including human and physical geography topics, with the common thread being the techniques and philosophies employed.[8][9] To accomplish this, technical geographers often create their own software or scripts, which can then be applied more broadly by others.[10] They may also explore applying techniques developed for one application to another unrelated topic, such as applying Kriging, originally developed for mining, to disciplines as diverse as real-estate prices.[11][12]
In teaching technical geography, instructors often need to fall back on examples from human and physical geography to explain the theoretical concepts.[13] While technical geography mostly works with quantitative data, the techniques and technology can be applied to qualitative geography, differentiating it from quantitative geography.[1] Within the branch of technical geography are the major and overlapping subbranches of geographic information science, geomatics, and geoinformatics.[5][14]
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- ^ a b Tambassi, Timothy (2021). The Philosophy of Geo-Ontologies (2 ed.). Springer. pp. 98, 103. ISBN 978-3-030-78144-6.
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- ^ Lin, Yuancheng; Wang, Min; Lei, Junchao; He, Huiyan (3 August 2023). "Perception and Interaction of Urban Medical Space from the Perspective of Technical Geography: A Case Study of Guangzhou, China". Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 149 (4). doi:10.1061/JUPDDM.UPENG-4432. S2CID 260653708.
- ^ Arabi, Mouhaman; Ngwa, Moise (March 2019). "Modeling the Relationship Between Weather Parameters and Cholera in the City of Maroua, Far North Region, Cameroon". Geographia Technica. 14(1):1–13 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2019GeogT..14....1A. doi:10.21163/GT_2019.141.01.
- ^ Boehm, Richard G.; Peters, Samantha (2008). Careers/Jobs in Geography:Business Cards of Department Graduates (PDF) (sixth ed.). Texas State University San Marcos. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Kretzschmar Jr., William A. (24 October 2013). Schlüter, Julia; Krug, Manfred (eds.). Research Methods in Language Variation and Change: Computer mapping of language data. Cambridge University Press. p. 53. ISBN 9781107469846.
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- ^ Holler, Joseph (2019). "Human Geography with Open Gis as a Transformative Introductory Higher Education Course". The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. 4214: 99–106. Bibcode:2019ISPAr4214...99H. doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W14-99-2019.
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