GTECH 709 GIS hierarchies Chrisman’s spheres ANSI SPARC model Levels of modeling
Chrisman’s Spheres
ANSI-SPARC Model for Software Development GIS are systems to model the world User Model Conceptual Model Operational Model
GIS Are Systems to Model the World User Model – how we intuitively think Conceptual Model Operational Model ANSI-SPARC Model for software development
GIS Are Systems to Model the World User Model Conceptual Model Operational Model ANSI-SPARC Model for software development how we systematically define ideas
GIS Are Systems to Model the World User Model Conceptual Model Operational Model how we fuse systematic thinking into a technologically defined context
The ANSI/SPARC Model and Chrisman’s Spheres application disciplines context discipline spatial modeling conceptual modeling logical data modeling physical data modeling OPERATIONAL geoinformation theory computer science