Blue Lines Y-DNA Father to Son
Yellow Lines mtDNA Mother to Offspring
The Human Genographic Project
- Launched in 2005 by National Geographic and IBM
- Created to Map and understand the flow of human migration around the world
- Multi-year study that collects DNA samples from people around the world
- Data collected from indigenous people in 11 world locations
- Use of GIS to overlay the data into spatial models to show migration
What is GIS?
Examples and Uses of GIS in Human Geography
- "Geographic Information Systems"
Table of Contents
- Migration Pattern Analysis
- "A geographic information system (GIS) lets us visualize, question, analyze, and interpret data to understand relationships, patterns, and trends" -ESRI
- Natural Disaster Analysis
Hurricane Katrina a GIS Case Study
- Uses data taken from Geologic studies to include Human Geography.
GIS Produced Maps on Hurricane Katrina
- August 28, 2005 - Category 5 Hurricane
- Affected areas included New Orleans, Alabama, Florid and the Caribbean
- How GIS relates to Human Geography
- $108 Billion of Total Property Damage
- Over 1800 Casualties, with several Million People at risk
- Examples of GIS in Human Geography
- GIS used to map recovery efforts by the US Coast Guard, National Guard and other response teams.
How GIS Relates to Human Geography
Thesis Statement
- Allows Human Geographers to think about collected data in a broader scope
- Created Spatial models that can clearly reproduce patterns
- Gives Human Geographers a more in depth platform to ask questions
How new technologies in GIS are helping to shape our understanding of Human Geography while contrasting to our understanding before the development of these systems.
Works Consulted
Understanding DNA. (n.d.). Retrieved August 1, 2015.
Curtis, A., & Mills, J. (2009). GIS, human geography, and disasters. San Diego, CA: University Readers.
Boyd, K. (2007, May 17). GIS Applications during Response to Hurricane Katrina: Small, Local Government and State Government Experiences. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
Connecting GIS to AP Human Geography. (n.d.). Retrieved August 1, 2015.
Wells, S. (2006). Deep ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.
Chang, K. (2007) Introduction to Geographic Information System, 4th Edition. McGraw Hill
Map of London with Cholera Data
Map of London without data
History of GIS
- Term first coined in 1968 by Roger Tomlinson
- Concept began with Spatial Analysis in the 1850's
Uses of GIS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
By Emilio Garcia
- Earliest known example comes from John Snow who used spatial analysis to determine the source of a Cholera outbreak
- GIS used in 1960 to map Canadian Soil Data
- Evolution of powerful computer and the internet have allowed for greater GIS tools