Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Assertion (A) is True: In Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a map layer is an individual thematic spatial dataset representing a single attribute or geographic characteristic (e.g., elevation, soil type, vegetation) over a defined geographic domain.
- Reason (R) is True: The fundamental principle of topological GIS layering is that each individual thematic layer stores only one specific thematic attribute or information category per spatial location.
- Relationship: Because GIS layers are structured so that each layer represents a singular information class per coordinate, Reason (R) directly explains Assertion (A).
- Conclusion: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) (Option 1).
Correct option: (1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)