GIS Dictionary

[programming] An extension to a software program that performs a custom task. ESRI provides various developer add-ins as part of the ArcGIS developer kit.

[cadastral and land records] A designation of the location of a person’s residence or workplace, an organization, or a building, consisting of numerical and text elements such as a street … Read more

[geocoding] Data that contains address information used for geocoding. Address data may consist of one individual address or a table containing many addresses.

[geocoding] The arrangement of address information in a database, most often consisting of such address elements as house number, street direction, street name, street type, city, and postal code.

[geocoding] The rules of a geodatabase designed specifically to accommodate address-related material, such as streets, zones, ranges, and so forth. These rules define the address elements, their attribute values, and … Read more

[geocoding] One of the components that comprise an address. House numbers, street names, street types, and street directions are examples of address elements.

[address matching] In ArcGIS, features that can be located based on address matching with a street network or other address identifier, such as ZIP Codes or lot numbers.

[geocoding] In ArcGIS, a table containing addresses but no spatial reference information. Using GIS software, address event tables can be geocoded to create a spatial data layer.

[geocoding] A column in a table that stores one or some address elements. An address field can be present in reference data, address data, or both.

[geocoding] The particular structure and arrangement of address elements and a corresponding method of matching that can be used for a specific application. The address format may vary based on … Read more

[ESRI software] A dataset in ArcGIS that stores the address attributes, associated indexes, and rules that define the process for translating nonspatial descriptions of places, such as street addresses, into … Read more

[geocoding] A parameter in an address locator that defines the process of geocoding.

[geocoding] A template on which an address locator is built. Each template is designed to accommodate a specific format of address and reference data, and geocoding parameters. The address locator … Read more

[address matching] A process that compares an address or a table of addresses to the address attributes of a reference dataset to determine whether a particular address falls within an … Read more

[geocoding] Street numbers running from lowest to highest along a street or street segment. Address ranges are generally stored as fields in the attribute table of a street data layer. … Read more

[address matching] A service that can determine the x,y location of an address, and return the address of an x,y location.

[geocoding] The process of breaking down an address into elements and converting those elements with standard abbreviations or spellings. For best practices, this process applies to preparing the reference data … Read more

[geocoding] A tool that prepares and breaks down an address into elements that can be used for geocoding. The process may translate some elements into standard keywords or abbreviations; for … Read more

[database structures] The geodatabase system table, created when a feature class or table is registered as versioned, that maintains information on all rows that have been inserted or updated.

[Internet] Acronym for Application Developer Framework. The set of custom Web controls and templates that can be used to build Web applications that communicate with a GIS server. ArcGIS Server … Read more

[Internet] The components required to run an application built with the ADF.

[geography] A type of spatial relationship in which two or more polygons share a side or boundary.

[spatial analysis] A statement or logical expression used to select geographic features that share a boundary.

[ESRI software] In Survey Analyst for cadastres, a number that corresponds to a specific set of displacement vectors in a series of adjustments to the cadastral fabric. The adjustment level … Read more

The process of appropriating a technology and putting it into use for one’s own purposes; the act by an individual, organization, or community of choosing a technology and putting it … Read more

[programming] Acronym for abstract data type. For OpenLS, a data type and structure for location information that is shared by two or more services. ADTs are application schemas that are … Read more