Approximately 90% of government sourced data has a location component.[3] Location information (known by the many names mentioned here) is stored in a geographic information system (GIS).
geographic, data, information, geospatial, redirects, here, other, uses, geospatial, disambiguation, defined, series, standards, data, information, having, implicit, explicit, association, with, location, relative, earth, geographic, location, geographic, posi. Geospatial redirects here For other uses see Geospatial disambiguation Geographic data and information is defined in the ISO TC 211 series of standards as data and information having an implicit or explicit association with a location relative to Earth a geographic location or geographic position 1 2 It is also called geospatial data and information citation needed georeferenced data and information citation needed as well as geodata and geoinformation citation needed Approximately 90 of government sourced data has a location component 3 Location information known by the many names mentioned here is stored in a geographic information system GIS There are also many different types of geodata including vector files raster files geographic databases web files and multi temporal data 4 Spatial data or spatial information is broader class of data whose geometry is relevant but it is not necessarily georeferenced such as in computer aided design CAD see geometric modeling Contents 1 Fields of study 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksFields of study EditGeographic data and information are the subject of a number of overlapping fields of study mainly Geocomputation Geographic information science Geoinformatics Geomatics GeovisualizationThis is in addition to other more specific branches such as Cartography Geodesy Geography Geostatistics Photogrammetry Remote sensing Spatial data analysis Surveying TopographySee also EditMain category Geographic data and information Earth observation data Geographic feature Georeferencing Geospatial intelligence Ubiquitous geographic informationReferences Edit Geolexica the authoritative glossary for geographic information technology from ISO TC 211 Geolexica the authoritative glossary for geographic information technology from ISO TC 211 Romero Melissa 2017 11 07 New Atlas tool has everything you need to know about Philly properties Curbed Retrieved 7 November 2017 says Samir Mera 2019 06 17 What is Geodata A Guide to Geospatial Data GIS Geography Retrieved 2019 10 10 Further reading EditRoger A Longhorn and Michael Blakemore 2007 Geographic Information Value Pricing Production and Consumption CRC Press External links Edit Media related to Geographic data and information at Wikimedia Commons This geography related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geographic data and information amp oldid 1132727302, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
