Knowledge of not only where places are, but why and how, as well as predicting the future of where places should be - one important example of when you'd use this knowledge is finding a good location to live, work, start your own biz, and travel based on pasts and forecasts of that location.
"So many people are mistaken with the idea that geography is a social studies class only for junior high about memorizing the outline map of the US; it's a lot more than that - just as math is a lot more than just counting up to 10."
by Tojonto September 02, 2006