<s>
Geographic	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
is	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
ISO/TC	O
211	O
series	O
of	O
standards	O
as	O
data	O
and	O
information	O
having	O
an	O
implicit	O
or	O
explicit	O
association	O
with	O
a	O
location	O
relative	O
to	O
Earth	O
(	O
a	O
geographic	O
location	O
or	O
geographic	O
position	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
called	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
,	O
georeferenced	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
and	O
information	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
geodata	B-General_Concept
and	O
geoinformation	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Location	O
information	O
(	O
known	O
by	O
the	O
many	O
names	O
mentioned	O
here	O
)	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
many	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
geodata	B-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
vector	O
files	O
,	O
raster	B-Algorithm
files	I-Algorithm
,	O
geographic	O
databases	O
,	O
web	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
multi-temporal	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spatial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
or	O
spatial	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
is	O
broader	O
class	O
of	O
data	O
whose	O
geometry	O
is	O
relevant	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
necessarily	O
georeferenced	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
in	O
computer-aided	B-Application
design	I-Application
(	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
,	O
see	O
geometric	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geographic	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
are	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
overlapping	O
fields	O
of	O
study	O
,	O
mainly	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Geospatial	B-General_Concept
technology	O
"	O
may	O
refer	O
to	O
any	O
of	O
"	O
geomatics	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
geomatics	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
technology	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
