17 Aug 2004
CS 5244: Multimedia
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Geospatial Datasets
¡Which image format is best for maps?
¡Hmm, let’s think about it.  What goes into a map?
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1.___________________,
which provides the position and shapes of specific geographic features.
2.____________________,
which provides additional non-graphic information about each feature.
3._________________,
which describes how the features will appear on the screen.
-- Excerpted from Geo Community, 04