This Topic has been deleted in future versions of the GIS&T Body of Knowledge
Author and Citation Info:
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Direction. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Describe operations that can be performed on qualitative representations of direction
Explain any differences in the measured direction between two places when the data are presented in a GIS in different projections
Compute the mean of directional data
Compare and contrast how direction is determined and stated in raster and vector data
Define “direction” and its measurement in different angular measures
This Topic has been deleted in future versions of the GIS&T Body of Knowledge
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Direction. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).