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2023 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
3. GIS Data Models
Authors : Manish Kumar, R. B. Singh, Anju Singh, Ram Pravesh, Syed Irtiza Majid, Akash Tiwari
Published in: Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning and Management
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Abstract
This chapter is concerned with the understanding of the raster and the vector data models of GIS and their data structure. After reading this chapter, you will understand the following:
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The concept and structure of the raster data model.
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Raster data encoding techniques and compression of the raster data.
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A detailed account of the Landsat imagery.
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The concept and structure of the vector data model.
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Spaghetti and topological vector data models, with a special focus on the fundamental percepts of topology.
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Advantages and disadvantages of the two GIS data models.
