GIS Dictionary

[ESRI software] A process that rearranges and consolidates the data in a file so that it occupies a single, contiguous […]

[computing] The degree of uncertainty that can be tolerated in the spelling of a keyword used in a search, including

[navigation] An instrument used to find the direction of north from one’s current location, consisting of a case with compass

[cartography] An indication of direction. One of the 32 divisions into which the circle around the needle of a compass

[symbology] A diagram of compass points drawn on a map or chart, subdivided clockwise from 0 to 360 degrees with

1 A widely used rule for adjusting a traverse that assumes the precision in angles or directions is equivalent to

[programming] A program used in software development that translates the lines of a programmer’s code from one programming language to

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS Tracking Analyst, a type of complex temporal event that includes two components and involves a moving

[ESRI software] In a geodatabase, a linear network feature that corresponds to one or more network elements in the logical

[ESRI software] In ArcGIS 8.3 and previous versions, a junction feature in a geodatabase that corresponds to more than one

[data analysis] An area calculated by finding the outermost customers of a store along several vectors and connecting them. Complex