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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). The raster model. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Define basic terms used in the raster data model (e.g., cell, row, column, value)
Write a program to read and write a raster data file
Compare and contrast the raster with other types of regular tessellations for geographic data analysis
Compare and contrast the raster with other types of regular tessellations for geographic data storage
Interpret the header of a standard raster data file
Explain how the raster data model instantiates a grid representation
You are currently viewing an archived version of Topic The Raster Data Model. If updates or revisions have been published you can find them at The Raster Data Model.
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). The raster model. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).