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GCSE Geography · key term
Information that includes a location, such as coordinates, an address or a named country.
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Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Revise: Interpreting Geospatial Data in GISInformation with a location is called geospatial data. Its location might be precise, such as coordinates, or broad, such as a country name. The descriptive information attached to a feature is called attribute data.
Specification 3.4 · Component 1, Component 2, Component 3
Information linked to a geographical location or area, such as flood risk along a river or population statistics within neighbourhood boundaries.
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A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system that captures, stores, analyses and displays information linked to geographical locations. This information is called geospatial data. A population percentage becomes geospatial data when it is linked to a particular neighbourhood; flood-risk information becomes geospatial data when it is linked to mapped areas.
