TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peuquet,Donna J.
TI  - Representations of space and time
SN  - 1572307730
AV  - G71.5 .P48 2002
U1  - 304.23 22
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Guilford Press
KW  - Geographical perception
KW  - Space and time
KW  - Information storage and retrieval systems
KW  - Geography
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -