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cracking

[data editing] In ArcGIS, a part of the topology validation process in which vertices are created at the intersection of […]

Crandall rule

1 [surveying] A special-case, least-squares-based method for adjusting the closure error in a traverse. The Crandall rule is most frequently

creation date

[ESRI software] In Survey Analyst for field measurements, an attribute of the computation that records the date of origin.

creation date

[ESRI software] In Survey Analyst for field measurements, an attribute of the computation that records the date of origin.

creation time

[ESRI software] The time it takes to initialize an instance of a server object when server objects are created in

critical value

[spatial statistics use for geostatistics] The specific cutoff point that determines acceptance or rejection of a hypothesis. Critical values are

crop marks

[printing] Marks that indicate the edge of the page of a finished, printed map. Cropmarks are used as a reference

cross correlation

[spatial statistics use for geostatistics] Statistical correlation between spatial random variables of different types, attributes, names, and so on, where

cross covariance

[statistics] The statistical tendency of variables of different types, attributes, names, and so on, to vary in ways that are

cross tabulation

1 [data analysis] In a GIS, comparing attributes in different coverages or map layers according to location. 2 [statistics] A

cross validation

[statistics] A procedure for testing the quality of a predicted data distribution. In cross validation, a piece of data whose

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