GIS Dictionary

[ESRI software] In MOLE, text or graphics that display around a symbol, or a value that changes the appearance of […]

[satellite imaging] Acronym for moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer. A bundle of remote-sensing equipment housed on two NASA (National Aeronautics and

[ESRI software] Acronym for Military Overlay Editor. An ESRI software application that allows users to create, display, and edit military

1 [physics] Related to a single wavelength or a very narrow band of wavelengths. 2 [graphics computing] A color scheme

[modeling] An algorithm for computing solutions to problems that contain a large number of variables by performing iterations with different

1 [remote sensing] A raster dataset composed of two or more merged raster datasetsfor example, one image created by merging

[data management] In ArcGIS, a collection of raster datasets (images) stored as a catalog and viewed as a mosaicked image.

[data capture] A way of using a digitizing tablet in which the digitizer puck behaves like a mouse; the puck

[ESRI software] Acronym for Map Production System. The cartographic component of the Production Line Tool Set (PLTS). MPS is designed

[non-ESRI software] Acronym for Microsoft Developer Network. A set of services designed to help developers write applications using Microsoft products

[programming] Acronym for multiple threaded apartment. An apartment that can have multiple threads running. A process can only have one