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Geographical vs Geospatial - What's the difference?

geographical | geospatial |

As adjectives the difference between geographical and geospatial

is that geographical is of or relating to geography; geographic while geospatial is of or pertaining to a geographic location, especially data.

geographical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to geography; geographic.

    • Derived terms

    * geographically

    geospatial

    English

    Alternative forms

    * geo-spatial

    Adjective

    (wikipedia geospatial) (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a geographic location, especially data.
    • The geospatial coordinates for the building are not known.
  • (computing) Describing the combination of spatial software and geographic data.
    • The geospatial analysis of the area will take several hours to complete.

    See also

    * spatial * geographic