Concept information
Preferred term
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]
Broader concept
In other languages
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بيانات جغرافية
Arabic
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geoməkan məlumatları
Azerbaijani
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dades geoespacials
Catalan
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dades geogràfiques
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geospatiale data
Danish
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geospatiale gegevens
Dutch
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locatie data
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paikkatieto
Finnish
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donnée géospatiale
French
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datos xeoespaciais
Galician
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Geodaten
German
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γεωχωρικά δεδομένα
Greek
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térinformációs adatok
Hungarian
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地理空间数据
Chinese
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dati geospaziali
Italian
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地理空間データ
Japanese
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지리공간 데이터
Korean
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dados geoespaciais
Portuguese
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date geospațiale
Romanian
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геопространственные данные
Russian
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геопросторни подаци
Serbian
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просторни подаци
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geoprostorski podatki
Slovenian
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datos geoespaciales
Spanish
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geospatiala data
Swedish
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coğrafi uzamsal veri
Turkish
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jeo uzamsal veri
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геопросторові дані
Ukrainian
URI
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/2H0M-X761
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