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Definition: Feature
Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems
A geographic object displayed on a map or stored in a GIS database. Features can be natural or man-made real-world objects (a river or a settlement) or they can be conceptual or defined features (e.g., administrative boundaries). 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
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
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