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Raster Data

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Encyclopedia of GIS

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Raster image; Digital image; Bitmap

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Imagery samples (5 m) from SPOT-5 [4]

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  1. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_informa tion_system Accessed 23 March 2007

  2. Introduction to GIS–Raster-Based GIS. http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/gisweb/GISModule/GIST_Raster.htm Accessed 21 February 2007

  3. Understanding Raster Data And Cell-Based Modeling. http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.urbaneco/GIS_Tutorial Accessed 21 February 2007

  4. Geo VAR-Geospatial Data and Information System http:// www.geovar.com/data/satellite/spot/spot.htm?gclid=CNHD6OS8ooQCFQ5vOAodVR8rgg Accessed 23 March 2007

  5. Shekhar, S., Chawla, S.: Spatial Databases: a Tour. Prentice Hall (2003)

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  6. Raster GIS http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/pbcote/courses/gsd6322/raster/index.htm Cambridge, MA, USA

  7. ADHS Guides to Good Practice http://ahds.ac.uk/history/creating/guides/gis/ Accessed 21 March 2007

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  1. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Hyeeun Lim

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Lim, H. (2008). Raster Data. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_1080

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