Geographic data and information
Geographic data and information are defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as data and information having an implicit or explicit association with a location relative to Earth.
It is also called geospatial data and information, georeferenced data and information, as well as geodata and geoinformation.
Approximately 90% of government sourced data has a location component. Location information is stored in a geographic information system.
There are also many different types of geodata, including vector files, raster files, geographic databases, web files, and multi-temporal data.Fields of study
Geographic data and information are the subject of a number of overlapping fields of study, mainly:
This is in addition to other more specific branches, such as:
