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Indicates questions asking about the use and meaning of specific technical words in GIS.

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Differences between DEM, DSM and DTM?

Digital elevation models (DEM) are a superset of both digital terrain models (DTM) and digital surface models (DSM). Remote sensing generally captures the surface height, so the top of the tree canopy …
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Define "geospatial data" for a non-GIS professional

Geospatial, geographic and spatial are used interchangeably to mean data with a spatial component, probably on the surface of the earth. The reasoning behind the portmanteau geospatial is that spatial …
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