GIS Dictionary

[programming] A pair of keywords used to set additional properties for elements that are not part of the UML specification, […]

A projection whose surface touches the globe’s without piercing it. A tangent planar projection touches the globe at one point,

[ESRI software] In ArcScene and ArcGlobe, the center point in a scene’s view at which the camera is aimed.

[computing] A computer to which an application is deployed.

[ESRI software] In an editing session prior to ArcGIS 10, the layer to which edits will be applied. In ArcGIS

[ESRI software] In ArcScene and ArcGlobe, the height of a target point above a surface used when calculating lines of

[ESRI software] In ArcView 3.x, the theme from which features are selected during a theme-on-theme selection operation. Multiple target themes

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Explorer and ArcGIS Server, a user interface combined with a particular piece of GIS functionality in

Acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The most common protocol for Internet traffic. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a

[data structures] Data that specifically refers to times or dates. Temporal data may refer to discrete events, such as lightning

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Tracking Analyst, a type of event used to describe observations through time of particular objects or