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spatial data models  

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  • Spatial data models, or GIS data models, are the ways of representing spatial information in a geographic information system (GIS) database. Because the world is very complex, choices must be made on how to describe objects and phenomena for research and analysis. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Spatial Data Models]

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