Definition: Column

Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems

In GIS, a group of cells or pixels in a grid or raster GIS database that are aligned vertically. In database management systems, a field or item in an attribute table. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Handbook_Geo_Infrastr_Supp_Census_Activ.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities", Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, Studies in Methods, Series F No. 103, New York, 2009
Created:
Updated: