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Difference Between Raster

Raster images store data as a grid of pixels, with each pixel representing a color or value. Vector images store geometric points and lines using coordinates. Raster images have a fixed resolution based on the acquisition device, while vector images can scale to different resolutions. Vector images also typically require less storage space and are easier to manipulate than raster images of the same area, though vector data acquisition can be more difficult than simply scanning a raster image.

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Difference Between Raster

Raster images store data as a grid of pixels, with each pixel representing a color or value. Vector images store geometric points and lines using coordinates. Raster images have a fixed resolution based on the acquisition device, while vector images can scale to different resolutions. Vector images also typically require less storage space and are easier to manipulate than raster images of the same area, though vector data acquisition can be more difficult than simply scanning a raster image.

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Difference Between Raster

and Vector Images


• Raster and vector are the two basic data
structures for storing and manipulating
images and graphics data on a computer
RASTER
• Raster image comes in the form of individual
pixels, and each spatial location or resolution
element has a pixel associated where the pixel
value indicates the attribute, such as color,
elevation, or an ID number.
• Raster image is normally acquired by optical
scanner, digital CCD camera and other raster
imaging devices. Its spatial resolution is
determined by the resolution of the acquisition
device and the quality of the original data
source.
• a raster image has to have pixels for all
spatial locations, it is strictly limited by how
big a spatial area it can represent.
• increasing the spatial resolution by 2
times, the total size of a two-dimensional
raster image will increase by 4 times
VECTOR
• Vector data comes in the form of points
and lines, that are geometrically and
mathematically associated. Points are
stored using the coordinates, for example,
a two-dimensional point is stored as (x, y).
Lines are stored as a series of point pairs,
where each pair represents a straight line
segment, for example, (x1, y1) and (x2,
y2) indicating a line from (x1, y1) to (x2,
y2).
VECTOR
• vector data structure produces smaller file size
than raster image because a raster image needs
space for all pixels while only point coordinates
are stored in vector representation.
• vector data is easier than raster data to handle
on a computer because it has fewer data items
and it is more flexible to be adjusted for different
scale, for example, a projection system in
mapping application.
DIGITIZING VECTOR

• Although vector data structure is the


choice as the primary form for handling
graphical data in most GIS and CAD
packages, vector data acquisition is often
more difficult than raster image
acquisition, because its abstract data
structure, topology between objects and
attributes associated.
Manual digitizing

• Manual digitizing using a digitizing tablet


has been widely used. With this method,
the operator manually traces all the lines
from his hardcopy map using a pointer
device and create an identical digital map
on his computer. A line is digitized by
collecting a series of points along the line.

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