[CF6] Relationships

Like geography, geographic information not only models phenomena but the relationships between them. This can include relationships between entities, between attributes, between locations. In addition, one of the strengths of geography (and GIS) is its ability to use a spatial perspective to relate disparate subjects, such as climate and economy. Methods for analyzing relationships are discussed in Unit AM4 Modeling relationships and patterns.

External resources

• Egenhofer, M.J. (1991) Reasoning about binary topological relations. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 525, 144-160.
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/3-540-54414-3_36

Learning outcomes

• 1973 - Compare relationships between entities, between attributes and between locations.

  Compare relationships between entities, between attributes and between locations.

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [CF6] Relationships subclassof [CF] Conceptual Foundations

Incoming relations

• [CF4-4b] Categories subclassof [CF6] Relationships
• [CF5-6] Spatial distribution subclassof [CF6] Relationships
• [CF5-7] Region subclassof [CF6] Relationships
• [CF5-8] Spatial integration subclassof [CF6] Relationships
• [CF6-1] Mereology: structural relationships subclassof [CF6] Relationships
• [CF6-2] Genealogical relationships: lineage, inheritance subclassof [CF6] Relationships
• [CF6-3] Topological relationships subclassof [CF6] Relationships
• [CF6-4] Metrical relationships: distance and direction 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