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Polygon

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Polygon - definition(s)

polygon - Source: AGI index. http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html External

A feature used to represent areas. A polygon is defined by the lines that make up its boundary and a point inside its boundary for identification. Polygons have attributes that describe the geographic feature they represent.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: Open Geospatial Consortium, 30 June 2011 07:12:33, http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary External


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polygon - [data models] On a map, a closed shape defined by a connected sequence of x,y coordinate pairs, where the first and last coordinate pair are the same and all other pairs are unique.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 14 July 2012 09:41:53, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External

 

 

 


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