{"id":7122,"date":"2023-01-27T20:18:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/kb\/uncategorized\/data-type\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T20:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:18:53","slug":"data-type","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/usemaps-documentation\/definitions\/data-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Type"},"content":{"rendered":"

A data type defines the kind of value that can be stored in a specific Attribute.<\/p>\n

Unlike spreadsheets, where you can enter anything in any cell, in a GIS it is necessary to enter data of a specific type for each field.<\/p>\n

Data types used in the System include:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Time<\/li>\n
  2. Date<\/li>\n
  3. Date and Time<\/li>\n
  4. Hyperlink<\/li>\n
  5. Integer<\/li>\n
  6. Decimal Number<\/li>\n
  7. Real Number<\/li>\n
  8. Boolean (True\/False)<\/li>\n
  9. Text<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A data type defines the kind of value that can be stored in a specific Attribute. Unlike spreadsheets, where you can enter anything in any cell, in a GIS it is necessary to enter data of a specific type for each field. Data types used in the System include: Time Date Date and Time Hyperlink […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[83],"knowledgebase_tag":[],"class_list":["post-7122","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-definitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/7122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/7122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=7122"},{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_tag?post=7122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}