§ 3 Spatial data, spatial data sets and spatial objects Spatial Data Act

(1) For the purposes of this Act, spatial data means any data with a direct or indirect reference to a specific location or geographical area, including data administered in the databases which describe the location, characteristics and shape of spatial objects in geographic space.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, spatial data set means an identifiable collection of spatial data, including a database in which spatial data are processed, or a part of such database.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, spatial object means an abstract representation of a real-world phenomenon related to a specific location or geographical area. The geometric shape of a spatial object is the geometry of the spatial object.

(4) Depending on the level of detail for defining real-world phenomena, the accuracy of and methodology for establishing a spatial object and the manner of representing the spatial object, the data concerning the spatial object of the same phenomena defined and established in different manners are not deemed to be the same data for the purposes of subsection 433 (2) of the Public Information Act.

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