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What is the difference between a Raster map/data and Vector data?

April 26, 2017Data difference map raster vector

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What is the difference between a Raster map/data and Vector data?

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Geoscience Australia: Product CatalogueA raster map is a scanned image of a map, it allows viewing on a computer screen, vector data is designed for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) it has been designed specifically for use on a computer where you can turn on and off layers/themes and interrogate the data. See similar questions…