Use this tag when asking questions about a representation of a real-world objects on a map.
In Cartography, the features used is a representation of a real-world object on a map.
http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/feature
Questions tagged [features]
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What is a non-geographical feature?
When using the term "feature" in GIS, what is often (if not always) meant is a geographical feature which "is a representation of real world phenomenon associated with a location relative to the Earth" (ISO 19125-2:2004). Are there non-geographical…
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Where to find a list of geographic 'objects'?
Is there an extensive list of geographic "objects", "entities" or "features" that can be discovered in the geographic environment, relatively static and therefore can be geo-located and represented on a map, for example building, restaurant and also…
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create one polygon out of different smaller layers
In orange you can see a park. Though I want to create one feature out of all the broken features.
Is this possible?
Also in blue you can see a canal, I want to delete all the lines in between so these will be created into one feature.
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Taken from ISS 3-30-2017 7:45AM Eastern
I found these peninsula very interesting. Tracker showed ISS over the bottom portion of South America and the features resemble portions of the Falkland Islands but I'd love to explore more. Any ideas?
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