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Geospatial - definition(s)

geospatial - Referring to location relative to the Earth's surface. "Geospatial" is more precise in many GI contexts than "geographic," because geospatial information is often used in ways that do not involve a graphic representation, or map, of the information.

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Source: Open Geospatial Consortium, 16 June 2011 09:52:42, http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary External 


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