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Learning Module: Objects and Fields

Learning Objectives

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of object and field representations?
  • What phenomena are best represented as objects or fields?
  • How can data be converted between object and field representations?
  • How is uncertainty measured in object and field representations?
Relevant links: 

Raster Spatial Analysis

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GIS: Count or Tag?

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Relational Databases and GIS

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Representing Fields

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Related spatial concepts: 
object
field
surface