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geospatial data  

Definition

  • Geospatial data are any type of data with spatial coordinates that allow them to be mapped to the Earth's surface. They can represent physical objects, discrete areas or continuous surfaces. Discrete geospatial data are usually represented using vector data consisting of points, lines and polygons, while continuous geospatial data are usually represented by raster data, consisting of a grid of cells that each has its own value. Any number of applications in a wide range of areas produce geospatial data, such as GIS, Remote Sensing equipment, GPS units, archaeological total stations, manual mapping and computer-aided design (CAD), in a number of formats, including images, vector, text, and tabular data. Vector-based geospatial data include tables listing archaeological sites along with their coordinates, text-based files (e.g., XML) containing coordinates and topology for historic road networks, voting figures for political parties by administrative area. Raster-based geospatial data include satellite images, aerial photographs, scanned maps, and digital maps of elevations, vegetation, land-use, sea surface temperatures, air pollution, soil-types, etc. [Source: https://ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/GeneralDataFormat_2.0.html]

In other languages

  • بيانات جغرافية

    Arabic

  • geoməkan məlumatları

    Azerbaijani

  • dades geoespacials

    Catalan

  • dades geogràfiques
  • geospatiale data

    Danish

  • geospatiale gegevens

    Dutch

  • locatie data
  • paikkatieto

    Finnish

  • donnée géospatiale

    French

  • datos xeoespaciais

    Galician

  • Geodaten

    German

  • γεωχωρικά δεδομένα

    Greek

  • térinformációs adatok

    Hungarian

  • 地理空间数据

    Chinese

  • dati geospaziali

    Italian

  • 地理空間データ

    Japanese

  • 지리공간 데이터

    Korean

  • dados geoespaciais

    Portuguese

  • date geospațiale

    Romanian

  • геопространственные данные

    Russian

  • геопросторни подаци

    Serbian

  • просторни подаци
  • geoprostorski podatki

    Slovenian

  • datos geoespaciales

    Spanish

  • geospatiala data

    Swedish

  • coğrafi uzamsal veri

    Turkish

  • jeo uzamsal veri
  • геопросторові дані

    Ukrainian

URI

http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/2H0M-X761

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