Spatial Data

Spatial data have two important parts which makes it different from other data, namely the location information and attribute information which can be explained as follows:

Information location or spatial information.A common example is the latitude and longitude information, including datum and projection information.Another example of spatial information that can be used to identify the location for example is ZIP Code.

Descriptive information (attributes) or non-spatial information.A locality can have multiple attributes or properties associated with it, for example type of vegetation, population, income per year, etc..