GIS Dictionary

[ESRI software] A process in which one or more server objects are running. Container processes run on SOC machines, and […]

A spatial relationship in which a point, line, or polygon feature or set of features is enclosed completely within a

[Internet] In ArcGIS Online, refers to maps, layers, and tools.

[standards] A publication authored by the FGDC that specifies the information content of metadata for digital geospatial datasets. The purpose

Having the same or coincident boundaries.

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In a coverage, the topological identification of adjacent polygons by recording the left and right polygon for each arc.

1 [data structures] Of polygons: adjacent; having a common boundary; sharing an edge. 2 [data structures] Of raster cells: connected

[data models] Data such as elevation or temperature that varies without discrete steps. Since computers store data discretely, continuous data

[data models] A feature that is not spatially discrete. The transition between possible values on a continuous surface is without

[data models] A raster in which cell values vary continuously to form a surface. In a continuous raster, the phenomena