[CF6-1] Mereology: structural relationships

Mereology is the study of parts and wholes. In GI this involves how objects are modeled as composites of other objects.

External resources

• Mark D.M. (1993) Toward a theoretical framework for geographic entity types. In: Frank A.U., Campari I. (eds) Spatial Information Theory A Theoretical Basis for GIS. COSIT 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 716. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57207-4_18

Learning outcomes

• 449 - Describe particular geographic phenomena in terms of their place in mereonomic hierarchies (parts and composites)
  Describe particular geographic phenomena in terms of their place in mereonomic hierarchies (parts and composites)
• 450 - Identify phenomena that are best understood as networks
  Identify phenomena that are best understood as networks
• 451 - Explain the modeling of structural relationships in standard GIS data models, such as stored topology
  Explain the modeling of structural relationships in standard GIS data models, such as stored topology
• 452 - Represent structural relationships in GIS data
  Represent structural relationships in GIS data
• 453 - Explain the effects of spatial or temporal scale on the perception of structure
  Explain the effects of spatial or temporal scale on the perception of structure
• 454 - Explain the contributions of formal mathematical methods such as Graph Theory to the study and application of geographic structures
  Explain the contributions of formal mathematical methods such as Graph Theory to the study and application of geographic structures

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [CF6-1] Mereology: structural relationships subclassof [CF6] Relationships

Contributors

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