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Definition: Satellite image
Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems
A digital data set that has been recorded from an Earth-orbiting satellite, either photographically or by a scanner on-board the satellite. A satellite image in a GIS is similar to a raster or grid data set. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Handbook_Geo_Infrastr_Supp_Census_Activ.pdf
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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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