GIS Dictionary

[GPS] Acronym for pseudo-random noise code. A repeating radio signal broadcast by each GPS satellite and generated by each GPS […]

[statistics] A measure of the likelihood that a particular outcome, such as a spatial pattern or event, will occur given

[statistics] A surface that gives the probability that the variable of interest is above or below a specified threshold value.

[programming] In software, a block of code that performs some task. Procedures are commonly used to organize code into reusable

1 [modeling] In geoprocessing in ArcGIS, a tool and its parameter values. One process, or multiple processes connected together, creates

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Image Server, a list of raster processes that are performed on the fly by the server

[cartography] A graph of the elevation of a surface along a specified line.

[ESRI software] A string value, stored in the system registry, identifying a class by library and class name, for example

1 [ESRI software] In Survey Analyst, a specific task for capturing survey data. This can include anything from a field

[ESRI software] A geodatabase designed to manage database and map production for the Production Line Tool Set (PLTS). The PMC

[modeling] Any data in a process that existed before the process existed.