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Feature attribute table

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feature attribute table : A table used by ARC/INFO to store attribute information for a specific coverage feature class. Feature attribute tables supported include: Cover.PAT for polygons or points Cover.AAT for arcsCover.NAT for nodes Cover.

 


feature attribute table
A database or tabular file containing information about a set of geographic features, usually arranged so that each row represents a feature and each column represents one feature attribute.

Feature attribute tables - Relational tables used to store attribute data associated with graphics data in a geographic database.

While the normal feature attribute table query allows a query only on a single layer, the Raster Calculator allows you to make a complex query based on multiple layers.

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The feature attribute table of the GIS coverage defines the geographic properties of the L spatial units and gives each a unique identifying number.

A special tabular data file containing additional attributes for features stored in an associated feature attribute table. The table can be an external attribute table or an INFO table that describes coverage features.
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[ESRI software] An ArcInfo Workstation command that constructs topology and creates a feature attribute table for a coverage.

A coverage stores map features as primary features (such as arcs, nodes, polygons, and label points) and secondary features (such as tics, map extent, links, and annotation). Associated feature attribute tables describe and store attributes of the ...

Tabular data describing the geographic characteristics of map features. Can include numbers, text, images, and CAD drawings about features. ARC/INFO stores descriptive data in feature attribute tables and in related tables.
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Most GIS packages contain straight-forward procedures for joining and relating attribute files, which normally entails the selection of the unique identifying key between the graphic feature attribute table and any other data attribute tables.

In a coverage, features are stored as both primary features (points, arcs, polygons) and secondary features (tics, links, annotation). Feature attributes are described and stored independently in feature attribute tables.

See also: Attribute Table, Cover, Attribute, Feature, Coverage