All-inclusive
Raster Data¶
Raster data is any pixelated (or gridded) data where each pixel is associated with a specific geographical location. The value of a pixel can be continuous (e.g. elevation) or categorical (e.g. land use). If this sounds familiar, it is because this data structure is very common: it's how we represent any digital image. - Data Carpentry
Discrete¶
- GeoTiff
- Rasterio
Continuous¶
- xarray
- array
- dataframe
Vector Data¶
Vector data structures represent specific features on the Earth’s surface, and assign attributes to those features. Vectors are composed of discrete geometric locations (x, y values) known as vertices that define the shape of the spatial object. The organization of the vertices determines the type of vector that we are working with: point, line or polygon. - Data Carpentry