GIS Dictionary

[surveying] In surveying, a traverse that starts and ends with the same survey point.

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Network Analyst, a type of network analysis for finding the closest locations (facilities) from sites (incidents),

[surveying] A discrepancy between existing coordinates and computed coordinates that occurs when the final point of a closed traverse has

[ESRI software] The summary of the difference between the endpoint coordinate of a traverse and the calculated endpoint.

[non-ESRI software] Acronym for common language runtime. The execution engine for .NET Framework applications, providing services such as code loading

[computing] Acronym for class identifier. A COM term referring to the globally unique number that is used by the system

[statistics] A statistical classification technique for dividing a population into relatively homogeneous groups. The similarities between members belonging to a

[ESRI software] The minimum tolerated distance between vertices in a topology. Vertices that fall within the set cluster tolerance are

[ESRI software] A part of the topology validation process in which vertices that fall within a specified distance (cluster tolerance)

Cyan Magenta Yellow Black; an additive color model in which cyan, magenta, yellow, and black are added together in various

[computing] A template for an object that can be instantiated in memory.