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docs: describe more about raster, vector file formats
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Raster
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Rasters are a format of spatial files where data is divided evenly into
individual pixels. For the FLINT the raster files must be able to be
Rasters are a format of spatial files, and are composed of square pixels
of equal size. Each pixel is assigned a value. Some raster file formats
are JPEG, JPG, TIFF etc. GeoTIFFs, commonly used in GIS,
are TIFF files that contain spatial reference information.
To represent continuous features like elevation, temperature etc, rasters are preferred.
For the FLINT the raster files must be able to be
queried through two means – through specific coordinates as well as
through an index.

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Vector
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Vectors are also a format of spatial files for GIS, however, unlike
rasters, the information relates to points, lines or polygons, rather
than pixels. For the FLINT, as a minimum, vector files must…..[TBC]
Vectors are another format of spatial files for GIS. They are composed of
points, lines and polygons which are generated by a set of commands or
mathematical statements. The Shapefile format is a popular geospatial vector data format.
To represent discrete features like a river, road, building etc,
vectors are preferred.
For the FLINT, as a minimum, vector files must…..[TBC]

SQL Database (Relational) Structured Query Language (SQL) database is a
relational database, meaning that the data is in tabular format, where
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TESTING
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This is a test page
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