Geographical Data Skills and Techniques

Candidates will be expected to interpret geographical data from the following resources:

• tabular data

• text extracts

• landscape photographs

• aerial photograph and satellite images

• scatter graphs and best fit lines

• simple and comparative line graphs

• simple and comparative bar graphs

• pie charts

• sketch maps

• dot maps

• choropleth maps

• flow line maps

• proportional symbol maps

• isoline maps

• cartoons

• wind roses

• diagrams

Candidates should be able to:

• calculate mean, median and mode;

• describe patterns, trends and relationships;

• describe natural and human characteristics shown in photographs;

• draw simple sketches of photographs and annotate them to illustrate the features;

• identify locations on map using compass direction, longitude and latitude;

• read map scales and symbols; and

• plot scatter, line and bar graphs.