GIS Dictionary

[business] A process that establishes common demographic characteristics for a set of customers within a geographic area.

[business] A type of market analysis that locates regions with appropriate demographic characteristics for targeting new customers.

[ESRI software] An ArcGIS Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst function that summarizes areas and volumes of change between two surfaces.

1 [data models] A set of lines forming a closed polygon. 2 [network analysis] In network analysis, a path or

A projection that transforms points from a spheroid or sphere onto a tangent or secant cylinder. The cylinder is then

[computing] In programming, a process that continuously runs in the background, without being explicitly implemented, and performs a specified operation

[data capture] The endpoint of a dangling arc.

[data capture] In ArcInfo coverages, the minimum length allowed for dangling arcs by the clean process, which removes dangling arcs

[data capture] An arc having the same polygon on both its left and right sides and having at least one

[data analysis] A technique in which attribute data that is organized by a large or arbitrary area unit is more

[data management] Any collection of related facts arranged in a particular format; often, the basic elements of information that are