GIS Dictionary

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AM/FM

Acronym for automated mapping/facilities management. GIS or CAD-based systems used by utilities and public works organizations for storing, manipulating, and mapping facility information such as the location of geographically dispersed … Read more

ambiguity

[uncertainty] In GIS, a state of uncertainty in data classification that exists when an object may appropriately be assigned two or more values for a given attribute. For example, coastal … Read more

AML

[ESRI software] Acronym for ARC Macro Language. A proprietary, high-level programming language created by ESRI for generating end-user applications in ArcInfo Workstation.