The curious case of 2½ D
Loading...
Date
2015
Authors
Advisor
Editor
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Wydział Nauk Geograficznych i Geologicznych Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
Title alternative
Abstract
Some geographical phenomena are continuous and exist in whole number dimensions. Topography, for example. Other phenomena, such as population density, depend heavily on the area used in their computation. Some refer to this as existing in 2½ dimensions. Is the difference just because it is a computed, rather than an observed quantity? I argue the case for considering treatment of discrete geographic data as continuous.
Description
Sponsor
Keywords
continuous, discrete, fractal
Citation
Quaestiones Geographicae vol. 34 (4), 2015, pp. 85-89