Representations of space and time

Part I: Theories of World Knowledge Representation. Introduction to Part I. Representation versus Reality. Acquiring World Knowledge: The Overall Process. Storing World Knowledge: Some Elements of Conceptual Structure. Acquiring World Knowledge through Direct Experience. From Observation to Understanding. Acquiring Geographic Knowledge through Indirect Experience. How Spatial Knowledge is Encoded. Part II: The Computer as a Tool for Storing and Acquiring Spatial Knowledge. Introduction to Part II. The Computer as Medium. Storing Geographic Data. A New Perspective for Geographic Database Representation. Interacting with Databases. Issues for Implementing Advanced Geographic Databases. Epilogue: Moving Forward.