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spatial data structures  

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  • Spatial data structures describe the rules that are used to represent geographic data in geographic information systems (GIS). Geographic data include information about the location, size, and shape of objects or phenomena on or near the surface of Earth, as well as their nonspatial characteristics. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Spatial Data Structures]

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