GIS Dictionary

[computing] A software system with a central processor (server) that accepts requests from one or more user applications, computers, or […]

A map that represents slope with colors or shading.

[ESRI software] A command that extracts features from one feature class that reside entirely within a boundary defined by features

[computing] In object-oriented programming, the process of creating a new instance of a class with the same state as an

[surveying] In surveying, a traverse that starts and ends with the same survey point.

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Network Analyst, a type of network analysis for finding the closest locations (facilities) from sites (incidents),

[surveying] A discrepancy between existing coordinates and computed coordinates that occurs when the final point of a closed traverse has

[ESRI software] The summary of the difference between the endpoint coordinate of a traverse and the calculated endpoint.

[non-ESRI software] Acronym for common language runtime. The execution engine for .NET Framework applications, providing services such as code loading

[computing] Acronym for class identifier. A COM term referring to the globally unique number that is used by the system

[statistics] A statistical classification technique for dividing a population into relatively homogeneous groups. The similarities between members belonging to a