GIS Dictionary

[cartography] The art and science of expressing graphically, usually through maps, the natural and social features of the earth.

[map design] An ornamental frame on a map, usually around the map’s title. Cartouches are rarely used on modern maps.

[non-ESRI software] Acronym for computer-aided software engineering. Any software that assists with the development and maintenance of software, especially the

[ESRI software] In ArcCatalog or ArcMap’s Catalog window, a hierarchical view of folder connections which provide access to GIS data

[non-ESRI software] Acronym for Component Category ID. A unique string assigned to locally related COM classes to group them together.

[government] A geographic region containing at least one urban area with a population of at least 10,000, defined by the

[hardware] An optical disk, slightly less than 5 inches in diameter, used to store up to approximately 650 megabytes of

[astronomy] The sky, considered as the inside of a sphere of infinitely large radius that surrounds the earth, on which

1 [graphics computing] The smallest unit of information in raster data, usually square in shape. In a map or GIS

[analysisgeoprocessing] The process of selecting raster cells either interactively or by using a SQL query.

[data models] The dimensions on the ground of a single cell in a raster, measured in map units. Cell size