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Record 1 2003-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Cartography
  • Field Engineering (Military)
DEF

Digital description of an image stored as a series of points and mathematical functions to describe the geometric figure, i.e., line, circle, arc, etc.

CONT

Vector data refers to data in the form of a list or lists of point coordinates.

OBS

vector data : term officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Cartographie
  • Génie (Militaire)
DEF

Information d'ordre spatial dont le modèle de données repose sur la théorie des graphes.

OBS

données vectorielles : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Key term(s)
  • donnée vectorielle

Spanish

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