[CF2-2] From concepts to data

The ways in which conceptual views of in the human mind make it into formal descriptions of information and into artefacts in databases and GIS.

External resources

• Burrough, P. A. and McDonnell, R. 1998. Principles of geographical information systems. Oxford: New York: Oxford University Press.
  ISBN number: 9780198742845
• Egenhofer, M. and Mark, D. M. (1995). Naive geography. In A. Frank and W. Kuhn (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science, 988, 1-15. Semmering, Austria: Springer-Verlag.
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/3-540-60392-1_1
• Mark, D. M. and Freundschuh, S. M. (1995). Spatial concepts and cognitive models for geographic information use. In T. L. Nyerges, D. M. Mark, R. Laurini and M. Egenhofer (Eds.), Cognitive aspects of human-computer interaction for geographic information systems. (21-28).Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers:
  ISBN/section: 9780792335955/chapter?

Learning outcomes

• 330 - Define the following terms: data, information, knowledge, and wisdom
  Define the following terms: data, information, knowledge, and wisdom
• 331 - Transform a conceptual model of information for a particular task into a data model
  Transform a conceptual model of information for a particular task into a data model
• 332 - Describe the limitations of various information stores for representing geographic information, including the mind, computers, graphics, text, etc.
  Describe the limitations of various information stores for representing geographic information, including the mind, computers, graphics, text, etc.

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [CF2-2] From concepts to data subclassof [CF2] Cognitive and social foundations

Incoming relations

• [DA4-2] Conceptual models subclassof [CF2-2] From concepts to data

Contributors

• Rob Lemmens
  University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
  https://research.utwente.nl/en/persons/rob-lemmens