[DM3-1b] The concept of fields

There are two basic concepts related to this topic: Features and Fields, or Geo-fields, as named by Goodchild at al. The concept of fields can be differently represented as explained here: - Repetition of basic concepts of Geographic Information Science - Explanation of the concept of continuous fields and the commonly used ways of representing geo-fields - Relation between fields and coverages, an important discretizations of a Geo-field - Types of Coverages

External resources

• Couclelis, H. (2010). Ontologies of geographic information. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 24(12), 1785-1809. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.484392
• Cova, Thomas J, & Goodchild, Michael F. (2002). Extending geographical representation to include fields of spatial objects. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 16(6), 509-532. DOI: 10.1080/13658810210137040
• Goodchild, Michael F, Yuan, May, & Cova, Thomas J. (2007). Towards a general theory of geographic representation in GIS. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 21(3), 239-260. DOI: 10.1080/13658810600965271

Learning outcomes

• 2277 - Explain the concept of continuous fields and the commonly used ways of representing geo-fields

  Explain the concept of continuous fields and the commonly used ways of representing geo-fields

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [DM3-1b] The concept of fields subclassof [DM3] Tessellation data models