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Representations of space and time / Donna J. Peuquet.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Guilford Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1572307730
  • 9781572307735
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.23 22
LOC classification:
  • G71.5 .P48 2002
Contents:
Representation versus reality -- Acquiring world knowledge : the overall process -- Storing world knowledge : some elements of conceptual structure -- Acquiring world knowledge through direct experience -- From observation to understanding -- Acquiring geographic knowledge through indirect experience -- How spatial knowledge is encoded -- New tools, new opportunities -- The computer as medium -- Storing geographic data -- A new perspective for geographic database representation -- Interacting with databases -- Issues for implementing advanced geographic databases.
Summary: "Examines how geospatial knowledge can be analyzed and represented in a manner that not only is accurate and coherent, but also makes intuitive sense to the end user. Concepts from a range of disciplines are integrated to explore the processes by which people acquire, represent, and utilize spatiotemporal knowledge. Arguing that the human user and the computer must be viewed as interrelated components of a single system, the book provides principles and recommendations for improving the design of geographic information systems (GIS) and other geospatial modeling tools"--Cover.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 304.23 PEU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A401245B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-365) and index.

Representation versus reality -- Acquiring world knowledge : the overall process -- Storing world knowledge : some elements of conceptual structure -- Acquiring world knowledge through direct experience -- From observation to understanding -- Acquiring geographic knowledge through indirect experience -- How spatial knowledge is encoded -- New tools, new opportunities -- The computer as medium -- Storing geographic data -- A new perspective for geographic database representation -- Interacting with databases -- Issues for implementing advanced geographic databases.

"Examines how geospatial knowledge can be analyzed and represented in a manner that not only is accurate and coherent, but also makes intuitive sense to the end user. Concepts from a range of disciplines are integrated to explore the processes by which people acquire, represent, and utilize spatiotemporal knowledge. Arguing that the human user and the computer must be viewed as interrelated components of a single system, the book provides principles and recommendations for improving the design of geographic information systems (GIS) and other geospatial modeling tools"--Cover.

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