GIS Dictionary

[computing] Acronym for graphical user interface. A software display of program options that allows a user to choose commands by […]

[ESRI software] Acronym for globally unique identifier. A string used to uniquely identify an interface, class, type library, component category,

A short line on a map that indicates the direction and steepness of a slope. Hachures that represent steep slopes

[symbology] On a topographic map, concentric contour lines drawn with hachures to indicate a closed depression or basin. Concentric contour

[printing] A continuous tone image photographed through a fine screen that converts it into uniformly spaced dots of varying size

A path through a network that visits each junction in the network only once and then returns to its point

A path through a network that visits each junction in the network only once without returning to its point of

[hardware] A small hardware device that provides the unique number used in the generation of a license file. The key

[geodesy] Acronym for High Accuracy Reference Network. A regional or statewide resurvey and readjustment of NAD 1983 control points using

[linear referencing] In linear referencing, a group or category of hatch definitions.

[linear referencing] In linear referencing, a specification for where hatch marks are drawn on a line feature. Each hatch definition