DM3-1 - Grid representations

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Author and Citation Info: 

DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Grid representations. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).

Learning Objectives: 
  • Explain how grid representations embody the field-based view
  • Differentiate among a lattice, a tessellation, and a grid
  • Explain how terrain elevation can be represented by a regular tessellation and by an irregular tessellation
  • Identify the national framework datasets based on a grid model