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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). Mereology: structural relationships. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Describe particular geographic phenomena in terms of their place in mereonomic hierarchies (parts and composites)
Explain the contributions of formal mathematical methods such as graph theory to the study and application of geographic structures
Represent structural relationships in GIS data
Explain the effects of spatial or temporal scale on the perception of structure
Explain the modeling of structural relationships in standard GIS data models, such as stored topology
Identify phenomena that are best understood as networks
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DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Mereology: structural relationships. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).