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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. geospatial science and technology
  3. spatial data
  4. vector data
  5. shapefile
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. geospatial science and technology
  3. spatial data
  4. vector data
  5. shapefile

Preferred term

shapefile

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A shapefile stores non-topological geometry and attribute information for the spatial features in a dataset. The geometry for a feature is stored as a shape comprising a set of vector coordinates. Shapefiles can support point, line, and area features.

    Source: Glossary, data.gov

    Type: Concept definition

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/325666

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