Part 1: Maths for Modelling Space

A beginner-friendly path through variables, change, terrain, and spatial systems.

Textbook Part

Maths for Modelling Space

This part builds the mathematical language of the book in a way that stays close to geographic questions. The goal is not abstract school maths for its own sake. The goal is to understand change, distance, and how systems behave across space.

Start Foundations
8 core chapters Everyone starts here Mathematical foundations
Learning Arc

Foundations + Pathways

After you finish Foundations (change, coordinates, and spatial mechanics), you choose your own path through the rest of the book. Each pathway teaches you the domain-specific context you need to understand observation, earth processes, or applications.

Start

Foundations

All readers: rates, growth, coordinates, distance, interaction.

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Then Choose

One or more pathways

A: Remote Sensing | B: Environmental Systems | C: Applications (Hazards, Economics, Social)

Foundations teaches the mathematics that all three pathways depend on. Then you pick your learning path based on what interests you.

Chapter Map

After Foundations

Choose Your Pathway

Pathway A: Remote Sensing & Observation — Learn how we observe Earth from above

Pathway B: Environmental Systems & Processes — Understand the mechanics of earth processes

Pathway C: Applications & Implications — See how spatial models apply to real problems

Each pathway builds on Foundations. You can take one or combine them.