Geo-referenced data (represents features on the ground)
information pertaining to a place linked to coordinates or other positional information.
A GIS contains spatial data. The spatial data represents geographic features associated with real-world locations.
Information about the locations and shapes of geographic features; Any data that can be mapped.
Data with information on location, position, size and shape.
Data that define a location. These are in the form of graphic primitives that are usually either points, lines, polygons or pixels.
Any information about the location and shape of, and relationships among, geographic features. This includes remotely sensed data as well as map data.
data pertaining to the location of geographical entities together with their spatial dimensions. Spatial data are classified as point, line, area, or projection.
Data or information describing the geographical position or location of an object.
Locational data. Usually refers to distribution of a variable or the relationships between variables in a geographic region. Demographic features, marketing distributions, energy resource data and topographic data are examples of information readily represented spatially, that is, on a map.
Data, usually stored as coordinates, that describe the location, shape, and spatial relationships of geographic features.
the locations and shapes of geographic features with descriptions of each.
One of the two main types of data in a GIS (the other being attribute data). Spatial data represents the shape, location or appearance of geographic objects. It can be in vector, raster or image format.
Data that is referenced by its location in -dimensional space. The position of spatial data is described by multiple values. See also hyperspatial data.
synonymous with geographic data.
also known as geospatial data or geographic information. Refers to information that identifies the geographic location of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the earth, including the oceans. This information is available to University students, faculty and staff either via the GIS office in the Library, or, for some software, via a public or home computer via the GIS website.
Data pertaining to the location, shape, and relationship among geographical features.
One of the three kinds of data (spatial, textural and image). Spatial data is categorized according to the following feature types: Zero-dimensional features: Primitive Points; topological Node. One-dimensional features: Primitive Lines, Strings (multiple nonbranching lines), arcs (mathematically defined curve; topological Links, chains, and rings. Two-dimensional features: Polygons defining enclosed areas, Pixels, and Grid Cells.
Spatial data is data that describes the attributes of some object or thing occurring at one or more locations or in a region in geographic space. Spatial data is made by connecting data about a theme with a spatial model of its geographic distribution. See the Guide's Spatial data page.
Related Topics: [ gis] Information which is geo-referenced, i.e. it is applicable to a designated location or "point". The five "layers" of information shown represent types of spatial data. Each layer will have a value for its parameter, e.g. Brookston silt loam, that will vary from location to location. Thus, the soils data layer is composed of soil types (names or values) for each point within the region for which the GIS database is applicable.
Information about the location and shape of, and relationships among, geographic features, usually stored as coordinates and topology.