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Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)

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Encyclopedia of GIS

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SDTS; FIPS PUB 173; FIPS 173; ANSI NCITS 320-1998; Standards, consentual; NIST; FGDC; Data quality; Map accuracy; G-ring; G-polygon; Chain; Layer; Raster; Manifold; Voxel; Pixel; Profiles; Profile, topological; Vector (TVP); Digital line graph; DLG

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The Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) is a standard whose purpose is to promote and facilitate the data exchange of digital geo‐referenced spatial data, attributes, and metadata between different computer systems and applications

The SDTS was first ratified in 1992 by the US Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 173. SDTS was then promoted to become a national standard and it was subsequently ratified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1998 as National Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS) 320-1998. SDTS is also endorsed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) as one of the core...

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geospatial Information Office, Rolla, MO, USA

    Phyllis Altheide

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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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Altheide, P. (2008). Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS). In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_1259

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