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consistent spatial type usage
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them to a position on the surface of the Earth[^1]. We will also constrain this
definition to only include attempts to *formalize* the representation of this
data within an existing type system or format that is otherwise *not* a dedicated
spatial type. Essentially, if you are storing data in a non-spatial format that you
Spatial Type. Essentially, if you are storing data in a non-spatial format that you
intend to be put on a map, and you expect somebody else to interpret it in the same
way that you did, that data comes from a spatial type implementation.
way that you did, that data comes from a Spatial Type implementation.

[^1]: Technically this also applies if you are on the surface of another planet or
celestial body, and also applies if you are above or below the surface. We'll
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- [Ibis Spatial](https://ibis-project.org/reference/expression-geospatial) (Ibis)
- [Substrait](https://github.com/substrait-io/substrait/blob/67f93b654e4cc60340a214ba90fe15c5e9de941b/extensions/functions_geometry.yaml)

Some examples of projects that are not considered Geospatial type implementations for
Some examples of projects that are not considered Spatial Type implementations for
the purposes of this document include:

- [Shapely](https://github.com/shapely/shapely)
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- [s2geometry](http://s2geometry.io)
- [Boost Geometry](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_86_0/libs/geometry/doc/html/index.html)

These libraries are used by Geospatial type implementations to handle the details of
These libraries are used by Spatial Type implementations to handle the details of
computational geometry; however, their scope does not include relating those geometries
to the surface of the Earth[^2].

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