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docs: fix spelling grammar and punctuation in introducing_gis.rst #9583

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docs: fix spelling grammar and punctuation in introducing_gis.rst
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Let's be coherent with plural form of "data"
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:align: center
:width: 30em

GIS Software let you easily change symbology --- the way information is displayed.
GIS Software lets you easily change symbology --- the way information is displayed.


.. _figure_map_legend_before:
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GIS Systems work with many different types of data. **Vector data** is stored as
a series of ``X, Y`` coordinate pairs inside the computer's memory. Vector data
is used to represent points, lines and areas. Illustration :numref:`figure_vector_data`
are used to represent points, lines and areas. Illustration :numref:`figure_vector_data`
shows different types of vector data being viewed in a GIS application. In the
tutorials that follow we will be exploring vector data in more detail.

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:align: center
:width: 30em

Vector data is used to represent points (e.g. towns), lines (e.g. rivers) and
polygons (e.g. municipal boundaries).
Vector data are used to represent points (e.g., towns), lines (e.g., rivers) and
polygons (e.g., municipal boundaries).

**Raster data** are stored as a grid of values. There are many satellites circling
the earth and the photographs they take are a kind of raster data that can be
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areas are.
For example a recent satellite image taken during a flood can help to show
where people may need rescuing.
- Sometimes people do bad things to the the environment, like dumping dangerous
- Sometimes people do bad things to the environment, like dumping dangerous
chemicals that kill plants and animals. Using raster data from satellites can
help us to monitor for these type of problems.
help us to monitor for these types of problems.
- Town planners can use raster data from satellites to see where informal
settlements are and to help in planning infrastructure.

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