Geospatial Data Exchange Network Glossary Glossary and Key Word List Definition: Data that identify, depict, or describe the geographic locations, boundaries, or characteristics of the Earth's inhabitants or its natural or human-constructed features. Geospatial data include geographic coordinates (e.g., latitude and longitude) that identify a specific location on the Earth and data that are linked to geographic locations or have a geospatial component (e.g., socio-economic data, land use records and analyses, land surveys, homeland security information, and environmental analyses). Geospatial data may be obtained using a variety of approaches and technologies, including things such as surveys, satellite remote sensing, Global Position System (GPS) hand-held devices, and airborne imagery and detection devices. Geospatial Data Web Taxonomy-Content Types Taxonomy Data &Tools Geospatial Data EPA EV-Research-Research Resources-Reference Materials Taxonomy Definition 1: Information about the locations and shapes of geographic features and the relationships between them, usually stored as coordinates and topology; any data that can be mapped. [EPA Guidelines to Assessing Regional Vulnerabilities at http://www.epa.gov/reva/docs/guidelines_reva_20080627.pdf] Definition 2: Data that identify, depict, or describe the geographic locations, boundaries, or characteristics of the Earth's inhabitants or its natural or human-constructed features. Geospatial data include geographic coordinates (e.g., latitude and longitude) that identify a specific location on the Earth and data that are linked to geographic locations or have a geospatial component (e.g., socio-economic data, land use records and analyses, land surveys, homeland security information, and environmental analyses). Geospatial data may be obtained using a variety of approaches and technologies, including things such as surveys, satellite remote sensing, Global Position System (GPS) hand-held devices, and airborne imagery and detection devices. [Exchange Network Glossary]