Cartography and Geographic Information Science, January 1st, 2005
Introduction
The term "map algebra" was first introduced in the late 1970s (Tomlin and Berry 1979) and has since been used in loose reference to a set of conventions, capabilities, and analytical techniques that have been widely adopted for raster-based geographic information systems (GIS) (Tomlin 1990; 1991). Map algebra attempts to accommodate a wide variety of GIS applications in a clear and consistent manner by decomposing data, data processing capabilities, and data processing control techniques into elemental components that can then be recomposed with both ease and flexibility. The r...
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