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surface - 2-dimensional geometric primitive, locally representing a continuous image of a region of a plane. (see OGC Abstract Specification (Topic 1) clause 6.3.17).
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Source: Open Geospatial Consortium, 07 July 2011 10:19:51, http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary
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surface - [data models] A geographic phenomenon represented as a set of continuous data (such as elevation, geological boundaries, or air pollution); a spatial distribution which associates a single value with each position in a plane, usually associated with continuous attributes.
[Category=Geospatial ]
Source: esri, 05 September 2012 09:01:29, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation
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