Data acquisition for geoinformatics cannot be done continuously, but by discrete sampling of the object or phenomenon. The sampling involves errors on the knowledge of the continuous signal due to the loss of information in the sampling procedure. In the present study, an analytical formulation of the sampling error is provided, which embodies the amplitude, phase, bias and periodicity of the sampling error. The analysis is then subsequently applied for case studies: for the GRACE and GRACE-FO monthly solutions, and for different realizations of the Hungarian Gravimetric Network.