What is Spatial Information?

Most data that is used today has a spatial component (a location). This information may vary from something as simple as the address of a customer, or the boundaries of a property through to something as complex as the distribution of areas in a sensitive floodplain that have been affected by saltwater intrusion, where the areas have been determined by the analysis of remotely sensed satellite imagery.

Spatial information can be used for many purposes, for example:

The production of a map showing property boundaries.

	The analysis of demographics to determine where to locate a new store.
	The analysis of soil samples, aeromagnetic imagery and geological data as a mineral exploration tool.
	The monitoring and analysis of areas of a National Park for the potential unwanted affects caused by mining.