GIS Dictionary

[ESRI software] The actions or characteristics exhibited by an object in a database, as defined by a set of rules.

1 [surveying] A brass or bronze disk, set in a concrete base or similarly permanent structure, inscribed with a mark

[ESRI software] The route of least impedance between two or more locations, taking into account connectivity and travel restrictions such

[Euclidean geometry] A curved line whose shape is derived mathematically rather than by a series of connected vertices. In graphics

[digital image processing] In digital image processing, a measure of the theoretical distance between two normal distributions of spectral classes,

[hardware] A computer hardware architecture in which, within a multibyte numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address

[graphics map display] A method for displaying graphics associated with features in a three-dimensional map display by posting them vertically

[computing] In computing, having only two states, such as yes or no, on or off, true or false, or 0

[computing] A file that contains data encoded as a sequence of bits (ones and zeros) instead of plain text. A

[programming] In computer programming, the process by which a program discovers an object’s methods and properties.

[statistics] A distribution describing the probability of obtaining exactly K successes in N independent trials, where each trial results in