GIS Dictionary

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availability

[data transfer] The degree of ease with which a dataset or other object may be found or obtained.

Avenue

[ESRI software] The object-oriented programming language on which ArcView 3.x is based. Avenue provides tools for customizing ArcView 3.x and

average point spacing

[3D GIS] The average distance separating sample points in a point dataset. A terrain dataset uses the average point spacing

AVHRR

[remote sensing] Acronym for Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. A scanner flown on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) polar-orbiting

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