• 1.1 Scope
• 1.2 Conformance
  • 1.2.1 General Conformance
  • 1.2.2 Data Quality
    • 1.2.2.1 Form of a Quality Report
    • 1.2.2.2 Tests for Data Quality
    • 1.2.2.3 Quality Overlays
  • 1.2.3 Conformance Statement
  • 1.2.4 Transfer Specification Conformance Field
    • 1.2.4.1 Profile Specification
    • 1.2.4.2 External Spatial Reference Conformance
    • 1.2.4.3 Features Level
  • 1.2.5 Private Agreements
• 1.3 References
• 1.4 Definitions

• 2.1 Conceptual Model
  • 2.1.1 Model of Spatial Phenomena
  • 2.1.2 Model of Spatial Objects
  • 2.1.3 Model of Spatial Features
• 2.2 Classification and Intended Use of Objects
• 2.3 Definition of Spatial Objects
  • 2.3.1 Definition of ZeroSpatial Objects
    • 2.3.1.1 Point
      • 2.3.1.1.1 Entity point
      • 2.3.1.1.2 Label point
      • 2.3.1.1.3 Area point
    • 2.3.1.2 Node
  • 2.3.2 Definition of One-dimensional Spatial Objects
    • 2.3.2.1 Line Segment
    • 2.3.2.2 String
    • 2.3.2.3 Arc
    • 2.3.2.4 Link
    • 2.3.2.5 Chain
      • 2.3.2.5.1 Complete chain
      • 2.3.2.5.2 Area chain
      • 2.3.2.5.3 Network chain
    • 2.3.2.6 Ring
      • 2.3.2.6.1 G-ring
      • 2.3.2.6.2 GT-ring
    • 2.3.3 Definition of TwoSpatial Objects
      • 2.3.3.1 Interior Area
      • 2.3.3.2 G-Polygon
      • 2.3.3.3 GT-Polygon
        • 2.3.3.3.1 Universe polygon
        • 2.3.3.3.2 Void polygon
      • 2.3.3.4 Pixel
      • 2.3.3.5 Grid Cell
    • 2.3.4 Definition of Aggregate Spatial Objects
      • 2.3.4.1 Digital Image
      • 2.3.4.2 Grid
      • 2.3.4.3 Layer
      • 2.3.4.4 Raster
      • 2.3.4.5 Graph
        • 2.3.4.5.1 Planar graph
        • 2.3.4.5.2 Two-dimensional manifold
        • 2.3.4.5.3 Network

• 3.1 Lineage
• 3.2 Positional Accuracy
  • 3.2.l Deductive Estimate
  • 3.2.2 Internal Evidence
  • 3.2.3 Comparison to Source
  • 3.2.4 Independent Source of Higher Accuracy
• 3.3 Attribute Accuracy
  • 3.3.l Deductive Estimate
  • 3.3.2 Tests Based on Independent Samples
  • 3.3.3 Tests Based on Polygon Overlay
• 3.4 Logical Consistency
  • 3.4.l Tests of Valid Values
  • 3.4.2 General Tests for Graphic Data
  • 3.4.3 Specific Topological Tests
  • 3.4.4 Date of Test
• 3.5 Completeness

• 4.1 Spatial Data Transfer Models
  • 4.1.1 The Conceptual Model of Spatial Data
  • 4.1.2 The Data Structure Model
  • 4.1.3 The Transfer Model
    • 4.1.3.1 Ordering Concepts
    • 4.1.3.2 BackusForm
    • 4.1.3.3 Implicit Relationships between Constructs
      • 4.1.3.3.1 Modules within a Spatial Data Transfer
      • 4.1.3.3.2 Module Records within Modules
      • 4.1.3.3.3 Module Fields within Module Records
      • 4.1.3.3.4 Subfields within Fields
      • 4.1.3.3.5 Optionality of Module Fields
      • 4.1.3.3.6 Optionality of Module Subfields
      • 4.1.3.3.7 Extra module fields and subfields shall not be added, except
      • 4.1.3.3.8 Preservation of Order
      • 4.1.3.3.9 Nulls and Defaults
    • 4.1.3.4 Explicit Relationships between Constructs
      • 4.1.3.4.1 Modules, Records, Files, and Volumes
      • 4.1.3.4.2 Module Cross-References
      • 4.1.3.4.3 Modules and Spatial Domain
      • 4.1.3.4.4 Module Record Cross-References
      • 4.1.3.4.5 Wildcard Characters in References
    • 4.1.3.5 Spatial Registration
      • 4.1.3.5.1 Spatial Address and Coordinate Coding
      • 4.1.3.5.2 Latitude and Longitude
      • 4.1.3.5.3 Universal Transverse Mercator/Universal Polar Stereographic Grid Systems
      • 4.1.3.5.4 State Plane Coordinate Systems
      • 4.1.3.5.5 Altitude
    • 4.1.3.6 Attributes
      • 4.1.3.6.1 Introduction
      • 4.1.3.6.2 Attributes and Schema
      • 4.1.3.6.3 Attributes and Entity
      • 4.1.3.6.4 Object and Entity
      • 4.1.3.6.5 Attributes and the Universe and Void Polygons
      • 4.1.3.6.6 Attribute Definition, Authority, and Domain
      • 4.1.3.6.7 Foreign Identifiers as Attributes
      • 4.1.3.6.8 Attribute Labels
• 4.2 Transfer Module Specification Conventions
  • 4.2.1 Specification Layout
  • 4.2.2 Generic Versus Explicit Specification
  • 4.2.3 Notation and Naming Conventions
    • 4.2.3.1 Explicit Specification
    • 4.2.3.2 Generic Specification
    • 4.2.3.3 Classes of Fields
    • 4.2.3.4 Repeated Subfields in Generic Specifications
    • 4.2.3.5 Variably Repeating Subfields
    • 4.2.3.6 Shared Module Field Types
    • 4.2.3.7 Subfields with Default Values
    • 4.2.3.8 Mandatory and Optional Presence and Absence of Fields
    • 4.2.3.9 Notation Summary

• 5.1 Spatial Address and Foreign Identifier Fields
  • 5.1.1 Spatial Address
  • 5.1.2 Foreign Identifier
• 5.2 Global Information Modules
  • 5.2.1 Identification
    • 5.2.1.1 Identification Field
    • 5.2.1.2 Conformance Field
      • 5.2.1.2.1 Profile specification subfields
      • 5.2.1.2.2 External spatial reference subfield
      • 5.2.1.2.3 Features level subfield
  • 5.2.2 Catalog
    • 5.2.2.1 Catalog/Directory
    • 5.2.2.2 Catalog/Cross
    • 5.2.2.3 Catalog/Spatial Domain
  • 5.2.3 Security
  • 5.2.4 Spatial Reference
    • 5.2.4.1 Internal Spatial Reference
    • 5.2.4.2 External Spatial Reference
    • 5.2.4.3 Registration
  • 5.2.5 Spatial Domain
  • 5.2.6 Data Dictionary
    • 5.2.6.1 Data Dictionary/Definition
    • 5.2.6.2 Data Dictionary/Domain
    • 5.2.6.3 Data Dictionary/Schema
  • 5.2.7 Transfer Statistics
• 5.3 Data Quality Modules
  • 5.3.1 Lineage
  • 5.3.2 Positional Accuracy
  • 5.3.3 Attribute Accuracy
  • 5.3.4 Logical Consistency
  • 5.3.5 Completeness
• 5.4 Attribute Modules
  • 5.4.1 Attribute Primary
  • 5.4.2 Attribute Secondary
• 5.5 Composite Module
• 5.6 Vector Modules
  • 5.6.1 Point
  • 5.6.2 Line
  • 5.6.3 Arc
  • 5.6.4 Ring
  • 5.6.5 Polygon
• 5.7 Raster Modules
  • 5.7.1 Subfield Specifications
    • 5.7.1.1 Object Representation Codes
      • 5.7.1.1.1 Sequencing
      • 5.7.1.1.2 Encoding
      • 5.7.1.1.3 Attributes for each cell
      • 5.7.1.1.4 Object Representation Code GI
      • 5.7.1.1.5 Object Representation Code GJ
      • 5.7.1.1.6 Object Representation Code GK
      • 5.7.1.1.7 Object Representation Code GM
    • 5.7.1.2 Spatial Referencing
      • 5.7.1.2.1 The scan reference system
      • 5.7.1.2.2 The internal reference system
      • 5.7.1.2.3 The external reference system
    • 5.7.1.3 Default Implementation
    • 5.7.1.4 Absence of Module Name in the Cell Module
    • 5.7.1.5 Data Compression
    • 5.7.1.6 Tesseral Indexing
    • 5.7.1.7 Radiometric Information
    • 5.7.1.8 Cell Encoding.
  • 5.7.2 Raster Definition
  • 5.7.3 Cell
• 5.8 Graphic Representation Modules
  • 5.8.1 Text Representation
  • 5.8.2 Line Representation
  • 5.8.3 Symbol Representation
  • 5.8.4 Area Fill Representation
  • 5.8.5 Color Index
  • 5.8.6 Font Index

ANNEXES

• A.1 Model of Spatial Phenomena
• A.2 Model of Spatial Objects
• A.3 Model of Spatial Features

• B.1 Attribute Primary and Attribute Secondary Modules
• B.2 Data Dictionary/Schema Module
• B.3 Data Dictionary/Definition Module
• B.4 Data Dictionary/Domain Module
• B.5 Attribute Labels and SQL Keywords
• B.6 Suggested Code Sets

• C.1 Latitude and Longitude
  • C.1.1 Representation of Degrees
  • C.1.2 Hemisphere Representation
• C.2 Universal Transverse Mercator/Universal Polar Stereographic Grid Systems
  • C.2.1 Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System
  • C.2.2 Universal Polar Stereographic Grid System
  • C.2.3 Hemisphere and Zone Representation
  • C.2.4 Unit of Measurement
• C.3 State Plane Coordinate Systems
  • C.3.1 Zone Representation
  • C.3.2 Coordinate Representation
  • C.3.3 Unit of Measurement
• C.4 Altitude

• D.1 Catalog/Directory
• D.2 Catalog/Cross-Reference
• D.3 Catalog/Spatial Domain

List of Tables

• 1 Feature Instance
• 2 Intended use of defined spatial objects
• 3a Transfer constructs of this standard
• 3b Relationships between the transfer logical constructs, implementation constructs, and typical medium constructs
• 4 Character sets used to express the Graphics Characters, Alphanumeric, Alphabetic, and Numeric domains
• 5 Summary of the special flags used with field names and subfield names
• 6 Spatial Address
• 7 Foreign Identifier
• 8 Global module types
• 9 Presence or absence of object types by Profile Specification
• 10 Identification
• 11 Catalog/Directory
• 12 Catalog/Cross-Reference
• 13 Catalog/Spatial Domain
• 14 Security
• 15 Internal Spatial Reference
• 16 External Spatial Reference
• 17 Registration
• 18 Spatial Domain
• 19 Data Dictionary/Definition
• 20 Data Dictionary/Domain
• 21 Data Dictionary/Schema
• 22 Transfer Statistics
• 23 Lineage
• 24 Positional Accuracy
• 25 Attribute Accuracy
• 26 Logical Consistency
• 27 Completeness
• 28 Attribute Primary
• 29 Attribute Secondary
• 30 Composite
• 31 Modules and vectorobject representation
• 32 Point-Node
• 33 Line
• 34 Arc
• 35 Ring
• 36 Polygon
• 37 Raster Object Representation Codes
• 38 Subfields omitted in the default raster implementation
• 39 Raster Definition
• 40 Cell
• 41 Representation module type and object representations
• 42 Text Representation
• 43 Line Representation
• 44 Symbol Representation
• 45 Area Fill Representation
• 46 Color Index
• 47 Font Index