GIS Dictionary

[ESRI software] In Survey Analyst for cadastres, a number that corresponds to a specific set of displacement vectors in a […]

The process of appropriating a technology and putting it into use for one’s own purposes; the act by an individual,

[programming] Acronym for abstract data type. For OpenLS, a data type and structure for location information that is shared by

[aerial photography] An aerial photograph from which distortions owing to camera tilt and ground relief have been removed. An orthophoto

[defense] In MOLE, the type of threat posed by the war fighting element being represented. The four basic types supported

A geometric transformation that scales, rotates, skews, and/or translates images or coordinates between any two Euclidean spaces. It is commonly

In modeling, an entity within a model that conducts transactions to simulate the actions of a human, group of humans,

A simulation of the large-scale consequences of the decisions and interactions of individual members of a population. An agent-based model

[data editing] The process of collecting a set of similar, usually adjacent, polygons (with their associated attributes) to form a

[programming] Acronym for Adobe Integrated Runtime. A cross-platform runtime environment built on HTML, Flash, and Flex. AIR applications are deployed

[navigation] Acronym for Aeronautical Information Exchange Format. An XML format used to describe aeronautical data transactions created and maintained by