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vector data model: a standalone construct

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GIScience

representing geographic features as points, lines and polygons defined by coordinate pairs.

In giscience, vector data model refers to representing geographic features as points, lines and polygons defined by coordinate pairs. This meaning comes from Peuquet (1984) in Cartographica.[1]

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References

Peuquet, D. J. (1984). A Conceptual Framework and Comparison of Spatial Data Models. Cartographica, 21(4), 66-113. https://doi.org/10.3138/d794-n214-221r-23r5

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