GIS Dictionary

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data message

[GPS] Information in a satellite’s GPS signal that reports its orbital position, operating health, and clock corrections.

data model

1 [data models] In GIS, a mathematical construct for representing geographic objects or surfaces as data. For example, the vector

data model

1 [data models] In GIS, a mathematical construct for representing geographic objects or surfaces as data. For example, the vector

data recorder

[GPS] A lightweight, handheld field computer used to store data collected by a GPS receiver.

data recorder

[GPS] A lightweight, handheld field computer used to store data collected by a GPS receiver.

data sharing

Making data available and accessible to organizations or individuals other than the creator of the data.

data source

[data management] Any data. Data sources may include coverages, shapefiles, rasters, or feature classes.

data structure

[data structures] The organization of data within a specific computer system that allows the data to be stored and manipulated

data synchronization

[ESRI software] The process of applying data changes from a replica to the relative replica in a replica pair. Data

data transfer

[data transfer] The process of moving data from one system to another or from one point on a network to

data type

[data storage] The attribute of a variable, field, or column in a table that determines the kind of data it

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