How do geographers use maps to them discover patterns and relationships in the world

Like all the scientist, geographers (those who study the Earth), have their focus in finding patterns and relationships, and this is because patterns are easy to interpret, for example, "this type of mountain with a particular shape that is located in different parts of the world, is in the same place that an spesific type of storm", or things like that have lots and lots of information that the scientist can use. So the maps help them to know the exact location of the events, and then they can put those in tables and start to look for patterns and relationships.