Geographic+definitions

be called geographical scale." Cartographic: level of abstraction at which a map is constructed. Methodological: choice of scale made by a researcher in the attempt to gather information aimed at answering a research question. Geographical: dimensions of specific landscapes: "geographers might talk of the regional scale, the scale of a watershed, or the global scale, for example." The dictionary entry goes on to discuss some of the contemporary debates about the meaning of scale to make the point that scale changes over time and space. It concludes, "Geographical scale then is a central organizing principle according to which geographical differentiation takes place. It is a metric of spatial differentiation; it arbitrates and organizes the kinds of spatial differentiation that frame the landscape."
 * Scale** is defined as "one or more levels of representation, experience and organization of geographical events and processes. There are three discernable meanings of scale in geographical research: the cartographic, methodological, and what can

Definition - the written legal description of a boundary between two territories Delimitation - the translation of the written terms of a boundary into an official cartographic representation Demarcation - the actual placing of a political boundary on the landscape using markers
 * Evolution of Boundaries**