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Social Geography is the study of the spatial nature of social networks. Geographers accumulate and analyse data about people and their environment and examine the relationship between social groups and their living space.

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Geographical Software

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Social geography is the study of the spatial nature of social networks. Geographers accumulate and analyse data about people and their environment and examine the relationship between social groups and their living space.

 

General Resources

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About.com: Geography
An American information gateway to geography subjects. The site includes a newsletter and a geography chats. Editor: Matt Rosenberg.

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  • Geo-Guide
    A German guide for geographers, presented by the Göttingen State and University Library and the University Library ‘Georgius Agricola’ Freiburg. A subject gateway to scholarly relevant websites in geography.
  • Geographers.com
    International directory of geographers. The site offers an academic research tool that allows users to search for geographers by name, affiliation, area of interest or by major publications. The database contains thousands of geographers, spanning many countries around the globe.
  • GeoSource
    Web resources for human geographers, physical geography, planning, geoscience & environmental science. In includes a subject catalog, a source type catalog and a search engine. Presented by the library of the University of Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Priyadarshini, S.
Social Geography: Definition & Study
In: Your Article Library

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Wikipedia

Professional Associations

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Geographical Software

  • Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS)
    A free and open Geographical Information System (GIS) software suited used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processen, graphics and maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization.
  • Geomantics
    Geomantics is a landscape visualization and geographical program, with particular emphasis on its application in geographical information systems (GIS), mapping, geography, geology, multimedia, 3D simulation, prograssional graphics, education and outdoor pursuits.
  • gvSIG
    A desktop GIS-application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information in order to solve complex management and planning problems. gvSIG Mobile broadens the platforms to a range of mobile devices. gvSIG Mobile is a Geographic Information System, as well as a Spatial Data Infrastructures client for mobile devices.
  • MapWindow
    An open source mapping application and set of programmable mapping components. It can be reprogrammed to perform different or more specialized tasks, and there are plug-ins available to expand compatibility and functionality.
  • Marble
    A virtual globe and world atlas - your swiss army knife for maps.
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) 
    A non-profit non-governmental organization that supports and promotes the collaborative development of open geospatial software.
  • Project Geosim
    The Departments of Computer Science and Geography at Virginia Tech, USA have created education models for introductory geography courses. Available are a population simulation program, a migration modeling and simulation program, a geography quiz program, a program that simulates the effects of population shifts on the U.S. House of Representatives, and a program that focuses on the characteristics of U.S. counties and states.
  • QGSI
    A free and open source geographic information system. QGIS offers many common GIS functionalities provided by core features and plugins. You can view and overlay vector and raster data in different formats and projections without conversion to an internal or common format. You can compose maps and interactively explore spatial data with a friendly GUI. You can create, edit, manage and export vector and raster layers in several formats. You can perform spatial data analysis on spatial databases and other OGR- supported formats. QGIS offers vector analysis, sampling, geoprocessing, geometry and database management tools.
  • SAGA  - System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses
    A free and open source geographic information system used for editing spatial data. It has been designed for an easy and effective implementation of spatial algorithms. SAGA has a unique Application Programming Interface (API) and a fast-growing set of geoscientific methods, bundled in exchangeable Module Libraries. SAGA runs under Windows and Linux operating systems.
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