Computer data storage
Chris B. Jones · 2014
Inourintroductorytreatmentoftherepresentation ofgeographicalinformation(inChapter2),adistinctionwasmadebetweenhigherlevelconceptualviews ofinformationandthelowerlevelrepresentations thatarenearertothecomputer&s;sfacilitiesfordata storage.Inthischapterwetakeacloserlookatthese lowerlevelrepresentations.Manyoftheconceptsand associatedterminologyintroducedhere,particularly thoseintroducedearlyoninthechapter,arequite importantforusersofGIStounderstand,sincethey areintegraltothefacilitiestypicallyprovidedfor storingandmanagingdata.