导读:本章描述的是整个GIS理论中最为核心的内容。 为了能够利用信息系统工具来描述现实世界,并解决其中的问题,必须对现实世界进行建模。 对于地理信息系统而言,其结果就是空间数据模型。 空间数据模型可以分为三种:
Field model: It is used to describe the phenomenon of continuous distribution in space;
Element model: It is used to describe various spatial objects;
Network model: It can simulate all kinds of networks in the real world;
Among these models, some related concepts are introduced, such as spatial partition, spatial relations, and the formal description of topological relations - 9 intersection model。
Finally, it describes the expansion of general two-dimensional data model in space and time, time data model and three-dimensional data model。
值得注意的是,本章谈到的场模型和要素模型类同于后面提及的栅格数据和矢量数据,但是前者是概念模型; 后者是指其在信息系统中的实现。