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Geometry Type

GeoBlacklight 1.0 Geometry Type Vocabulary

Label Icon Link Definition
Point Icon Geospatial dataset made up of pairs of x,y coordinates
Line Icon Geospatial dataset made up of straight or curved connected x,y coordinates
Polygon Icon Geospatial dataset made up of closed connections of x,y coordinates
Image Icon Static born-digital maps and scanned map images
Raster Icon Geospatial dataset that is presented as an array of cells comprised of single or multiple bands
Mixed Icon Geospatial dataset with multiple geometry types
Table Icon Nonspatial dataset as a text file with delimiter separated values