# About the spatialdata category

**URL:** <https://discourse.scverse.org/t/about-the-spatialdata-category/1436>\
**Category:** spatialdata\
**Created:** [May 16, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/about-the-spatialdata-category/1436 "2023-05-16T10:12:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![ivirshup](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.scverse.org/ivirshup/32/160_2.png) [@ivirshup](https://discourse.scverse.org/u/ivirshup)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/about-the-spatialdata-category/1436/1 "2023-05-16T10:12:45Z")

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