GIS Dictionary

1 [aerial photography] In aerial photography, the distance on the ground between the centers of overlapping photos, divided by aircraft […]

[data analysis] A data layer in a GIS to which all other layers are geometrically referenced.

[GPS] A GPS receiver at a known location that broadcasts and collects correction information for roving GPS receivers.

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Tracking Analyst, the default symbol used to represent an event or a feature on a map.

[ESRI software] A text formatting tag that allows control of how the ESRI Maplex Labeling Engine places labels based on

1 [surveying] An accurately surveyed line from which other lines or the angles between them are measured. 2 [surveying] In

1 [data analysis] A map depicting background reference information such as landforms, roads, landmarks, and political boundaries, onto which other

[computing] A text file containing commands that is sent to the CPU to be executed automatically. A batch file allows

[geocoding] The process of geocoding many address records at the same time.

[ESRI software] A procedure which uses a given ArcToolbox tool to process a set of information, or batch, rather than

[ESRI software] A method for processing data automatically in which the data is grouped into batches and executed by the